Organization and Function of a Clinic for the Alcoholic Patient with Liver Disease. I. Effect of Rehabilitation on Hepatic Abnormalities

Treatment of Liver Disease of the Alcoholic: A Composite Approach

“…It is desirable to provide extra quantities of nutrients which combine with noxious metabolites and protect against tissue injury. The first multidisciplinary clinic established for the treatment of alcoholics with liver disease [13] was largely successful because of its dietary program. Under the direction of the late Dr. Esther Davidson, a psychiatrist, alcoholics who had been repeatedly hospitalized for clinical and laboratory evidence of liver disease and nutrient deficiency were fed lunch daily.…”