l*****7 发帖数: 8463 | 1 The Nobel Prize was given in 1934 to George Whipple, George Minot and
William Murphy of the U.S.A. "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy
in cases of anaemia," and the first to be divided between three people.
Previously, pernicious anemia had been an incurable condition, but these
workers had found that sufferers could survive if they would eat large
quantities of raw liver each day, with the hope that this could soon be
replaced by more potent liver extracts. There was no mention at the time of
liver having a vitamin-like action since it was only essential apparently
for counteracting a disease and not for meeting a requirement of normal
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