1973-1977 discussion on use of Intravenous alimention (bowel rest) in crohn’s disease for nutritional support. Subsequent realisation it induces remission in patients with Crohn’s disease, but not UC. Crohn’s Disease was referred to as Regional Enteritis back then.
DR. FRANCIS C. NANCE (New Orleans, Louisiana):
I think this is a very important study. It represents the tenth anniversary of the
introduction of intravenous hyperalimentation at the University of Pennsylvania, and by…
1973. Intravenous alimentation.