<connectionStrings>

<add name="cadena1" connectionString="Data source=EDWAL-RD; initial

catalog=clinica_salvacion; integrated security= true"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

esto es lo que tiene que poner

public class CustomJsonFormatter : JsonMediaTypeFormatter

{
public CustomJsonFormatter()
{
this.SupportedMediaTypes.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html"));
}

public override void SetDefaultContentHeaders(Type type, HttpContentHeaders

headers, MediaTypeHeaderValue mediaType)
{
base.SetDefaultContentHeaders(type, headers, mediaType);
headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
}
}

public static class WebApiConfig

{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Web API configuration and services

// Web API routes

config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);

config.Formatters.Add(new CustomJsonFormatter());
}
}
}