Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B

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ISBN: 9780520220539 | 0520220536
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/1/2000

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This book travels through a century of of puzzlement that took place betweenPerry's landing and the use of Vitamin B in the late 1930s. The result is a case study of how an obscure disease rises to international prominance and challenges the experts in public health and nutrition.

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
The National Disease of Japan	p. 1
Rice as a Staple Food	p. 15
Studies in the Colonies: A Dutchman's Chickens	p. 24
The Chicken Disease Reinterpreted	p. 52
The British Take Their Turn	p. 64
The Americans Call a Meeting	p. 80
The Isolation and Construction of a Vitamin	p. 96
Chemical Analyses of Foods: Explanations and Surprises	p. 116
Beriberi without White Rice	p. 133
How Much Thiamin Do We Need?	p. 155
How Should the Knowledge Be Used?	p. 168
Aspects of the Subject in Hindsight	p. 193
Thiamin Chemistry	p. 205
Thiamin Biochemistry	p. 213
Notes	p. 221
References	p. 241
Index	p. 275
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Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B

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