Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B
Subtitle: A Disease, a Cause, and a Cure
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780520220539
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; History of medicine; History of science; Nutrition; Nutrition And Diet For Medical Conditions; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Medical / General; Diseases - General; Beri-beri; History; Vitamin B1
First sentence: By 1850 Japan had, by the will of its rulers, been cut off from virtually all contact with the Western world for 250 years.