THREE MEMORANDA RE: NICOTINIC ACID WITH ATTACHED MEMOS

1 1 �� Chief, Contact Division for Scientific Branch Chief, Office Case erg, 8 January 1952 A/ 1. As recommended in Case , ve have discussed the uses of nicotinic acid and its compounds with 13 who is head of the Department of Pharmacology at the ) Medicil School in was most cooperative and made the following comments on the subject: 40, 2. The common use of nicotinic acid is as a vitamin; it is used principally as a preventative for pellagra (a skin affection with severe constitutional and nerv...