The following photographs and treatment results were recorded in the early 20th Century by René Quinton and Dr Jean Jarricot at the Quinton Dispensaries. This is just a small selection of the thousands of patients that were successfully treated for athrepsia and other many conditions using Quinton Marine Plasma.
Athrepsia
Medical Definition: Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
Case 1:
In the first photograph we see an athrepsic infant weighing at 3 months and 10 days, the equivalent of a baby at 13 days.
• Treatment: the child was treated for three months with Quinton Marine Plasma
• Result: gained 3,150 g (7 lb.) in 2 months. (Picture 2) Complete cure.
Case 2:
The first picture shows a 40 day old infant with advanced athrepsia, weighing in at 2kg equivalent to 50% underweight . Described at the time as a "veritable skeleton".
• Treatment: Quinton Marine Plasma - (quantity and dosage not recorded).
• The second photograph shows the same baby at 2 months and 27 days; the weight had nearly doubled to 3980g
• The infant was entirely normal at 10 months.
Was followed for a long time as a beautiful, normal child.
Case 3:
The first photograph shows a baby girl aged 2 months 14 days old weighing only 53% of the normal for her age.
• Treatment: Quinton Marine Plasma (quantity and dosage not recorded)
• In the second photograph after 7 months of treatment her weight has doubled
• She continued to develop into a normal child
• In the 3rd photograph 25½ years later (Sept. 1911- May 1937) we see a normal healthy woman.
