Beriberi, white rice, and vitamin B : a disease, a cause, and a cure /
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| Author / Creator: | Carpenter, Kenneth J. (Kenneth John), 1923- |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xiv, 282 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4270677 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1.. The National Disease of Japan
- 2.. Rice as a Staple Food
- 3.. Studies in the Colonies: A Dutchman's Chickens
- 4.. The Chicken Disease Reinterpreted
- 5.. The British Take Their Turn
- 6.. The Americans Call a Meeting
- 7.. The Isolation and Construction of a Vitamin
- 8.. Chemical Analyses of Foods: Explanations and Surprises
- 9.. Beriberi without White Rice
- 10.. How Much Thiamin Do We Need?
- 11.. How Should the Knowledge Be Used?
- 12.. Aspects of the Subject in Hindsight
- Appendix A. Thiamin Chemistry
- Appendix B. Thiamin Biochemistry
- Notes
- References
- Index
