Casimirus Funk

Casimirus Funk (natus Kazimierz Funk Varsoviae 23 Februarii 1884; mortuus Albaniae die 19 Novembris 1967, Anglice Casimir Funk appellatus) fuit biochemicus Polonus. Inter primos habetur qui notionem vitaminorum excogitaverint. Ipse nomen Anglicum vitamines primus anno 1912 dedit.

Filius dermatologi, in urbe nativa educatus est, sed annum aetatis quindecimum agens de pathologia et physiologia inquirere incepit. Helvetiam anno fere 1900 petens, primum Genavae iuxta  scholae Genevensis professorem, deinde tres annos in universitate Bernensi studuit, Stanislai Kostanecki discipulus. Ibi anno 1904 doctoratum accepit. Statim Lutetiam profectus apud Institutum Pasteuranum iuxta Gabrielem Bertrand laborare coepit, sed post duos annos Berolinum migravit ubi cum Aemilio Fischer et Aemilio Abderhalden analyses aminoacidorum perfecit. Londinii in  ab anno 1910 causam curamque beriberi in hominibus et morbi persimilis polyneuritidis in columbis investigabat:;  e quo opere vitamina reperire coepit primusque Anglice vitamine -s nominavit.This substance seems to be the curative agent, and for purpose of simplicity I would propose to call it provisionally beri-beri vitamine:  p. 347; I suppose that the present résumé has convinced the reader of the physiological importance of vitamines. It is quite possible that their importance is much more considerable than is indicated in this paper:  p. 366. Jack Cecil Drummond, "The Nomenclature of the So-called Accessory Food Factors (Vitamins)" in Biochemical Journal vol. 14 (1920) p. 660 Quas excogitationes Theodisce plenius anno 1914 divulgaverit. 

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 1911 (primo auctore E. A. Cooper) : 
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 1922 (Harry E. Dubin, interpr.) : The vitamines: authorized translation from second German edition. Baltimorae: Williams & Wilkins
 1926 : "The Isolation of Insulin" in Science n.s. vol. 63 (1926) pp. 401-402 JSTOR
 1926 : "The chemical nature of insulin" in Experimental Biology and Medicine vol. 23 no. 4 (1926)
 1936 (cum Harry E. Dubin) : Vitamin and mineral therapy. Novi Eboraci

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Bibliographia
 De vita et opere

 Paul Griminger, "Casimir Funk: a biographical sketch (1884–1967)" in Journal of Nutrition vol. 102 (1972) pp. 1105–1113 situs venalis
 Benjamin Harrow, Casimir Funk: Pioneer in Vitamins and Hormones. Novi Eboraci: Dodd, Mead, 1955 recensio huius operis
 T. M., "Casimir Funk, Ph.D." in British Medical Journal (1967 vol. 4) pp. 624-625 JSTOR



 De contextu operis
 W. Leonard Braddon, The Cause and Prevention of Beri-Beri. Londinii, 1907
 Karim Bschir, Wissenschaft und Realität. Tubingae: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. ISBN 978-3-16-151934-5.
 David Gentilcore, Matthew Smith, Proteins, pathologies and politics: dietary innovation and disease from the nineteenth century. Londinii: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. ISBN 9781350056862
 Maciej Iłowiecki, Dzieje nauki polskiej [Historia scientiae Polonicae]. Varsoviae: Wydawnictwo Interpress, 1981. ISBN 978-83-223-1876-8
 B. C. P. Jansen, W. F. Donath, "Isolation of Anti-Beriberi-Vitamin" in Mededeelingen van den Dienst der Volksgezondheid in Ned.-Indie (1927) fasc. 1 
 George Rosen, A History of Public Health. JHU Press, 2015
 William Rostène, Pierre de Meyts, "Insulin: A 100-Year-Old Discovery With a Fascinating History" in Endocrine Reviews vol. 42 (2021) pp. 503-527
 Ellie Souganidis, "Nobel Laureates in the History of the Vitamins" in Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism vol. 61 (2012) pp. 265-269 JSTOR
 Simon Spedding, "Vitamins are more Funky than Casimir thought" in Australasian Medical Journal vol. 6 (2013) pp. 104–106

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