Deficiency of red blood corpuscles or of the red coloring matter of the blood, caused by prolonged habit of eating foods in which the calcium and other atoms have been devitalized, such as canned foods,
starches, and pasteurized milk. The use of liver
extract, whether orally or by injection, was once upon
a time considered a cure; due to the damage these
extracts do to the kidneys, many victims were found
to develop Bright's disease sooner or later.
