Show vitamin A at wheel Is recommended for safety milwaukee dr henry T scott director of biological research for the wisconsin alumni research foundation believes many automobile accidents are caused by poor vision due to a vitamin A deficiency some day dr scott says driving tests will be made to determine whether motorists are consuming enough food that contains adequate vitamin A to combat irregularities 0 of f vision tests have demonstrated dr scott explains that between 16 and 24 per cent of the adult population is suffering from vitamin A defice ency this causes a subnormal concentration of the visual purple which prevents the individual vidual from becoming readily adapted from light to dark and dark to light As a result he is unable to discern ob sects clearly at night A diet which contains additional vegetables egg yolks cheese and milk is recommended by dr scott to make up the vitamin A de fici ency |