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Toward the Conquest of Beriberi

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1961

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Preface

    ix
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    Contents

    xiii
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    Tables

    xvi
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    Figures

    xvii
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    Illustrations

    xviii
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    FOREWORD

    xix
    Jr. Sebrell
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  • PART ONE. Beriberi as a Deficiency Disease
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    I. BERIBERI AS IT USED TO BE

    3
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    II. THE FOCUS ON FOOD AND ULTIMATELY RICE

    16
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    III. BERIBERI IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND ITS VERIFICATION IN HUMANS

    36
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    IV. THE PATHOLOGY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF BERIBERI

    53
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    V. INFANTILE BERIBERI

    81
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    VI. FURTHER PROGRESS IN MANILA

    95
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  • PART TWO. The Chemistry of Thiamine and Its Biochemical Action
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    VII. CHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS, 1915–1925, AND THE ISOLATION OF THE VITAMIN

    107
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    VIII. STRUCTURE AND SYNTHESIS

    121
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    IX. VITAMINS AND ENZYMES; OTHER CHEMISTRY OF THIAMINE

    133
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  • PART THREE. Practical Application of Findings
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    X. VITAMIN BY THE TON: BREAD AND FLOUR ENRICHMENT

    163
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    XI. THE BATAAN EXPERIMENT AND PRESENT STATUS OF BERIBERI IN THE PHILIPPINES

    190
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    XII. RICE MILLING AND BERIBERI IN OTHER COUNTRIES

    220
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    XIII. NEEDED FURTHER RESEARCH

    254
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    XIV. HOW TO ERADICATE BERIBERI

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674593930
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1961
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674593923
Edition:
Reprint 2014
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
22
Main content:
338
Illustrations:
21
Tables:
26
Other:
11 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 26 tables
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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674593930
eBook ISBN: 9780674593930
Hardcover ISBN: 9780674593923
Keywords for this book
Beri-beri.
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Professional and scholarly;
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