HIRST AND ZILVA [1933] showed that the antiscorbutic value of dehydroascorbic acid prepared by oxidation of ascorbic acid with iodine was only slightly less than that of the ascorbic acid from which it had been prepared. Having devised a simple method for preparing dehydroascorbic acid free from cont4minating substances [Fox and Levy, 1936] it was thought worth while to study this interesting o...