vitamin c was discovered and by whom in 1928 to 1932.
vitamin c was discovered and by whom in 1928 to 1932.
when was vitamin c discovered and by whom?
1928 to 1932
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a re-evaluation of the claims in 1982 found that the patient groups were not actually comparable, with the vitamin c group being less sick on entry to the study, and judged to be "terminal" much earlier than the comparison group. later clinical trials conducted by the mayo clinic also concluded that high-dose (10,000 mg) vitamin c was no better than placebo at treating cancer and that there was no benefit to high-dose vitamin c. the failure of the clinical trials to demonstrate any benefit resulted in the conclusion that vitamin c was not effective in treating cancer; the medical establishment concluded that his claims that vitamin c could prevent colds or treat cancer were quackery. pauling denounced the conclusions of these studies and handling of the final study as "fraud and deliberate misrepresentation", and criticized the studies for using oral, rather than intravenous vitamin c (which was the dosing method used for the first ten days of pauling's original study). pauling also criticised the mayo clinic studies because the controls were taking vitamin c during the trial, and because the duration of the treatment with vitamin c was short; pauling advocated continued high-dose vitamin c for the rest of the cancer patient's life whereas the mayo clinic patients in the second trial were treated with vitamin c for a median of 2.5 months. the results were publicly debated at length with considerable acrimony between pauling and cameron, and moertel (the lead author of the mayo clinic studies), with accusations of misconduct and scientific incompetence on both sides.
linus pauling