Deficiency Disease Theory
Proposes that specific nutrient deficiencies cause diseases including beriberi.
Follow Kazimierz Funk through 2 dated historical records for Poland.
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Proposes that specific nutrient deficiencies cause diseases including beriberi.
Coins the term vitamine for essential dietary factors.
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