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037			_a978-3-318-02189-9 _bS. Karger AG _nhttp://www.karger.com
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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSemba, Richard D, _eauthor _927403
245	1	4	_aThe vitamin A story : _blifting the shadow of death / _cRichard D. Semba.
264		1	_aBasel ; _aNew York : _bKarger, _c[2012]
264		4	_c©2012
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aWorld review of nutrition and dietetics, _x0084-2230 ; _vv. 104
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aVitamin A deficiency in nineteenth century naval medicine -- Paris in the time of Francois Magendie -- Deprivation provides a laboratory -- Free but not equal -- The long, rocky road to understanding vitamins -- Milk, butter, and early steps in human trials -- Rise of the 'anti-infective vitamin' -- Vitamin A deficiency in Europe's former colonies -- Saving the children : rescue missions against strong undertow -- Night blindness among Black troops and White troops in the U.S. Civil War.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
520			_aThis book shows how vitamin A deficiency - before the vitamin was known to scientists - affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today's international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author's presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
542	1		_fThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons license _uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
590			_aWorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
650		0	_aVitamin A deficiency _xHistory. _927404
650		0	_aVitamin A _xHistory. _927405
650		0	_aMedicine _xHistory.
650	0	2	_a1800s _927406
650	0	2	_a1900s _927407
650	1	2	_aHistory of Medicine
650	1	2	_aVitamin A Deficiency _xhistory _927408
650	2	2	_aNight Blindness _xhistory _927409
650	2	2	_aVitamin A _xtherapeutic use _927410
650		6	_aAvitaminose A _xHistoire. _927411
650		6	_aVitamine A _xHistoire. _927412
650		6	_aMédecine _xHistoire. _927413
650		7	_ahistory of medicine. _2aat
650		7	_aDietetics & nutrition. _2bicssc _927414
650		7	_aMEDICAL _xNutrition. _2bisacsh _927415
650		7	_aVitamin A. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01168150 _927416
650		7	_aVitamin A deficiency. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01168157 _927417
655		4	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSemba, Richard D. _tVitamin A story. _dBasel ; New York : Karger, ©2012 _z9783318021882 _w(DLC) 2012022410 _w(OCoLC)794922792
830		0	_aWorld review of nutrition and dietetics ; _vv. 104. _x0084-2230 _927418
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