Conclusion
The Minot-Murphy diet treatment has been used in four casas of pernicious anæmia; in each case it was astonishingly successful in inducing a remission. A similar result was also obtained in one case which showed a low colour index but presented a typical clinical picture of pernicious anæmia.
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Moore, H.P., Dungan, A.R.J. The Minot-Murphy diet in the treatment of pernicious anæmia. Ir J Med Sci 2, 726–732 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02960694
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