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. 1956 Jan;84(1):39–42.

VITAMIN U THERAPY OF PEPTIC ULCER—Experience at San Quentin Prison

Garnett Cheney, Samuel H Waxler, Ivan J Miller
PMCID: PMC1532869  PMID: 13276831

Abstract

A clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of concentrated cabbage juice in the treatment of peptic ulcers. Patients at San Quentin Prison with a diagnosed ulcer crater were treated in a double blind control experiment. They were given either concentrated cabbage juice or placebo facsimile. The evaluation of the merit of this treatment was based upon repeated x-ray examinations of the ulcer crater. A period of 22 days was allowed for ulcer crater healing time.

The results of this experiment indicated concentrated cabbage juice to be effective in healing of peptic ulcer.

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