Toward the Conquest of Beriberi / / Robert R. Williams.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1961 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (338 p.) :; 11 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 26 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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