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The Influence of Vitamin B₁₂ and Aureomycin upon the Growth of Protein-Deficient Children

The Department of Physiology, University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, B.W.I.

Fred S. Cleveland, Jr.¹

Merck and Co., Rahway, New Jersey

1. A study was made to examine the influence of vitamin B₁₂ and aureomycin upon the rate of growth in protein-deficient children.

2. The results of this study present evidence for a slight positive effect of aureomycin upon the rate of weight increase, but no effect upon the rate of height increase.

3. The results show that vitamin B₁₂ has no positive effect upon weight or height increments.

4. The nutritional status was observed to be low. Among the observations made were clinical examinations, growth measurements, biochemical measurements and a direct dietary survey.

5. There is no evidence to suggest that either aureomycin or vitamin B₁₂ would be of practical value in alleviating the malnutrition found in such areas as the Caribbean.

Manuscript received 18 July 1955.