The vitamin A story
Subtitle: lifting the shadow of the death
By: Richard D. Semba
Series: World review of nutrition and dietetics -- v. 104; World review of nutrition and dietetics -- v. 104.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9783318021882; 9783318021899
Subjects: Vitamin A; History, 19th Century; Night Blindness; Therapeutic use; Vitamin A Deficiency; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vitamin A deficiency in nineteenth century naval medicine; title: Paris in the time of Francois Magendie; title: Deprivation provides a laboratory; title: Free but not equal; title: The long, rocky road to understanding vitamins; title: Milk, butter, and early steps in human trials; title: Rise of the 'anti-infective vitamin'; title: Vitamin A deficiency in Europe's former colonies; title: Saving the children : rescue missions against strong undertow.