Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Manchester 1929.

  • Burroughs Wellcome and Company.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Souvenir B.M.A. meeting Manchester 1929. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8- LIVER Extract Pernicious anaemia Position of Liver indicated in red In view of the definite clinical results obtained by the administration of liver in the treatment of pernicious anaemia, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. have placed at the disposal of physicians ' Wellcome ' Liver Extract, prepared from fresh, unfrozen ox liver, by a method tested and found efficient by the Medical Research Council. This product is a light brown powder, almost entirely soluble in water, and represents an active fraction of an extract of fresh liver. The contents of each tube of 'Wellcome' Liver Extract are derived from half-a-pound of fresh liver. The contents of one to two tubes may be taken in one to three ounces of water or in soup, with meals, twice a day. More rapid results may be obtained with larger doses. It may be advisable to give large daily doses for the first 10 or 14 days to patients who are seriouslv ill, and then to reduce the amount to the daily administration of the contents of one or two tubes. The maintenance dosage with which dlVage^^^ ^^^^ patient should continue in order to prevent relapse and to remain in permanent remission is variable, and some patients seem to require much more than others to keep them in the best condition. In some cases the contents of a tube of 'Wellcome' Liver Extract, three times a v/eek,