Beri-beri - http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/hc/nh1.html
Brief article describes the first reported case of this disease in 1642. |
MedlinePlus: Beriberi - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000339.htm
Provides alternate names, description, causes and risk factors, treatment, signs and tests, treatment, and prognosis of this disease caused by thiamine (B1) deficiency. |
Mysterious Prison Ailment Traced to U.S. Rice - http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36204
A newly released investigation into the deadly scourge of Beri-beri in Haiti's National Penitentiary uncovered evidence of beri-beri. |