Parenteral nutrition was carried out over a 17-day period in an adult male by means of intravenous injection of dextrose, casein digest (amino acids) and emulsified fat. It is believed that this is the first recorded instance of nutrition in man by the simultaneous administration of the 3 primary types of foodstuff.
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Clark et al. (1942) studied this question.