Toward the Conquest of Beriberi / / Robert R. Williams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Williams, Robert R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Sebrell, Jr.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1961
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.) :; 11 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 26 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Tables --; Figures --; Illustrations --; FOREWORD --; PART ONE. Beriberi as a Deficiency Disease --; I. BERIBERI AS IT USED TO BE --; II. THE FOCUS ON FOOD AND ULTIMATELY RICE --; III. BERIBERI IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND ITS VERIFICATION IN HUMANS --; IV. THE PATHOLOGY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF BERIBERI --; V. INFANTILE BERIBERI --; VI. FURTHER PROGRESS IN MANILA --; PART TWO. The Chemistry of Thiamine and Its Biochemical Action --; VII. CHEMICAL EXPLORATIONS, 1915–1925, AND THE ISOLATION OF THE VITAMIN --; VIII. STRUCTURE AND SYNTHESIS --; IX. VITAMINS AND ENZYMES; OTHER CHEMISTRY OF THIAMINE --; PART THREE. Practical Application of Findings --; X. VITAMIN BY THE TON: BREAD AND FLOUR ENRICHMENT --; XI. THE BATAAN EXPERIMENT AND PRESENT STATUS OF BERIBERI IN THE PHILIPPINES --; XII. RICE MILLING AND BERIBERI IN OTHER COUNTRIES --; XIII. NEEDED FURTHER RESEARCH --; XIV. HOW TO ERADICATE BERIBERI --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674593930; 9783110353488; 9783110353518; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674593930
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert R. Williams.