Read the table.
Keep its context.
Robert Cathcart’s 1981 Medical Hypotheses paper reported oral vitamin C bowel-tolerance quantities for different clinical descriptions. This page is a historical table lookup: select a row to inspect its reported daily total and divided-dose count. The entries exceed ordinary nutritional limits and do not create a personal starting dose, escalation schedule or treatment recommendation.
Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses 7:1359–1376 Cathcart, 1981, Orthomolecular Psychiatry 10(2):125–132
01 / SELECT A TABLE ROW
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TABLE LOOKUP / NOT A DOSE PLAN
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02 / THE COMPARISON
The number,
with its context.
Select a historical description to inspect the reported table row.
The result will retain the units, source and limits relevant to this comparison.
MEDICAL HYPOTHESES / 1981 / TABLE I
What Cathcart
actually reported.
Read the edition and the table together. These are the paper’s reported observations and hypothesis; they are not a nutritional intake recommendation or a personal protocol.
| Original clinical description | Reported grams / 24 hours | Reported divided doses / 24 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Normal / well | 4–15 g | 4 |
| Mild cold | 30–60 g | 6–10 |
| Severe cold | 60–100 g | 8–15 |
| Influenza | 100–150 g | 8–20 |
| Anxiety, exercise and other mild stresses | 15–25 g | 4–6 |
Keep the editions distinct.
The original Medical Hypotheses table reports normal / well at 4–15 g in 4 divided doses and influenza at 100–150 g in 8–20 doses. The separate 1981 Orthomolecular Psychiatry table reports 8–15 doses for influenza. Reproductions should not silently merge these values.
A historical quantity is not a safety limit.
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements lists the adult tolerable upper intake level as 2,000 mg/day for ages 19 and older. Cathcart’s quantities exceed that nutritional limit. The fact sheet distinguishes physician-directed medical treatment from ordinary intake; this lookup does not provide that clinical supervision.
Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses 7:1359–1376 · NIH Office of Dietary Supplements — Vitamin C, Table 3
READ THE ORIGINALS
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- Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses 7:1359–1376Historical clinical observations and hypothesis, not an established dosing guideline
- Cathcart, 1981, Orthomolecular Psychiatry 10(2):125–132Separate article with some different table values
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements — Vitamin C, Table 3
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