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Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters History, Science, and Controversies
Frances Rachel Frankenburg, M.D.
ISBN: 0-313-35475-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35475-5
143 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/23/2009
List Price: $34.95 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Reviews:
  • "Each chapter focuses on a specific vitamin, describing the researchers, the research, and the historic and scientific contexts for its discovery, and chronicling the ongoing conflict between physicians who saw illness as caused by organisms and those who saw illness as a result of dietary deficiency. The book is illustrated with b&w historical photos
    and art. For those interested in components of nutrition as well as the history of the field, appendices describe some features of the vitamins in more detail. Simple glossary definitions are provided for many scientific and medical terms."
    —SciTech Book News     September 2009
Description: Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters: History, Science, and Controversies describes the emergence of nutritional science and its contributions to our understanding of how the body functions. It is an absorbing look at the men and women, many little known in their lifetimes, whose medical detective work helped us conquer a number of devastating health conditions, including some forms of mental illness.

Each chapter of Vitamin Discoveries and Disasters focuses on a specific vitamin, describing the researchers, the research, and the historic and scientific contexts for its discovery. Together, these chapters chart the ongoing conflict between physicians who saw illness as caused by organisms and those who saw illness as a result of dietary deficiency. A concluding chapter shows how our stronger grasp of the effects of vitamin deficiencies on large populations can be used to the utmost benefit of society.
 Title Features:
  • Simple glossary explanations are provided for many scientific and medical terms used in this book
  • Appendices in the book describe some features of the vitamins in more detail
About the Author: Frances Rachel Frankenburg , M.D., is associate professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and adjunct clinical professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
LCC Class: 612.3'99-dc22
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