Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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In 1911, the Polish scientist Casimir Funk proposed that a limited diet of polished white rice (rice without the husks) caused beriberi, a disease of the central nervous system. Even though history has proven him correct—beriberi is caused by a thiamine deficiency, which in his day resulted from unsophisticated milling techniques that removed the thiamine-rich husks—Funk was criticized by his contemporaries, who told him to find the microbe that caused beriberi. Explain how the prevailing scientific philosophy of the day shaped the point of view of Funk’s detractors.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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