Toward the Conquest of Beriberi / Robert R. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Robert R., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beri-beri.

Local Subjects:

Beri-beri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.) : 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables

Figures

Illustrations

FOREWORD / Sebrell, Jr.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-59393-6

OCLC:

1013962481