Vitamin C and Tuberculosis

Irwin Stone in his book, The Healing Factor, Vitamin C Against Disease (Grosset & Dunlap, 1972) on pages 80 to 83 cites several papers which in effect show that the efficacy of vitamin C against tuberculosis increases with the doses used.  Researchers for years have seemed not to get the idea that vitamin C is only a vitamin out of their minds.  Repeated studies have shown that vitamin C in low doses helps against tuberculosis but the vitamin C becomes more effective as the doses are increased.

Linus Pauling in his book, Vitamin C, the Common Cold and the Flu (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1976) on page 69 cites Boissevin and Sillane (1937) who showed that an ascorbate concentration of 1 mg/deciliter, which is easily reached in the blood, prevents the growth of cultures of the tuberculosis bacterium.  Boissevain, CH, Spillane, JH.   Effects of Synthetic Ascorbic Acid on the Growth of Tuberculosis Bacillus.   American Review of Tuberculosis, 35:661-662.