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- catalog abstract ""In this account of the history and treatment of beriberi, Kenneth J. Carpenter traces the decades of medical and chemical research that solved the puzzle posed by this mysterious disease. Caused by the lack of a minute quantity of the chemical thiamin, or vitamin B[subscript 1], in the diet, beriberi is characterized by weakness and loss of feeling in the feet and legs, then swelling from fluid retention, and finally heart failure." "Beriberi is a story of contested knowledge and erratic scientific pathways. It offers a chronicle of the development of scientific thought, a history that encompasses public health, science, diet, trade, expanding empires, war, and technology."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11871247.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In this account of the history and treatment of beriberi, Kenneth J. Carpenter traces the decades of medical and chemical research that solved the puzzle posed by this mysterious disease. Caused by the lack of a minute quantity of the chemical thiamin, or vitamin B[subscript 1], in the diet, beriberi is characterized by weakness and loss of feeling in the feet and legs, then swelling from fluid retention, and finally heart failure." "Beriberi is a story of contested knowledge and erratic scientific pathways. It offers a chronicle of the development of scientific thought, a history that encompasses public health, science, diet, trade, expanding empires, war, and technology."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-274) and index.".
- catalog description "The national disease of Japan -- Rice as a staple food -- Studies in the colonies: a Dutchman's chickens -- The chicken disease reinterpreted -- The British take their turn -- The Americans call a meeting -- The isolation and construction of a vitamin -- Chemicla analyses of foods: Explanations and surprises -- Beriberi with white rice -- How much thiamin do we need? -- How should the knowledge be used? -- Aspects of the subject in hindsight.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 282 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520220536 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "2000 E-863".
- catalog subject "616.3/92/009 21".
- catalog subject "Beri-beri History.".
- catalog subject "Beriberi etiology.".
- catalog subject "Oryza sativa adverse effects.".
- catalog subject "RC627.B45 C37 2000".
- catalog subject "Thiamine Deficiency.".
- catalog subject "Thiamine therapeutic use.".
- catalog subject "Vitamin B1 History.".
- catalog subject "WD 122 C295b 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "The national disease of Japan -- Rice as a staple food -- Studies in the colonies: a Dutchman's chickens -- The chicken disease reinterpreted -- The British take their turn -- The Americans call a meeting -- The isolation and construction of a vitamin -- Chemicla analyses of foods: Explanations and surprises -- Beriberi with white rice -- How much thiamin do we need? -- How should the knowledge be used? -- Aspects of the subject in hindsight.".
- catalog title "Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B : a disease, a cause, and a cure / Kenneth J. Carpenter.".
- catalog type "text".