RT Journal
A1 Finberg L
T1 A commentary on the use of rational oral electrolyte therapy
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 1999
FD September 1
VO 153
IS 9
SP 910
OP 912
DO 10.1001/archpedi.153.9.910
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.153.9.910
AB 
The following dissertation is derived partially from the literature, is partially a personal memoir, and contains a speculation. I try to answer the question of why oral glucose-electrolyte therapy was so long delayed as a part of the therapeutic armamentarium and why the present formulation of rehydration solutions has taken so long to gain acceptance in the United States. The story begins 268 years ago.