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Takaki Kanehiro

Japanese navy physician (1849-1920) · Japan · Doctors · Died at 70

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Baron Takaki Kanehiro was a Japanese naval physician best known for identifying the first effective preventive measure against beriberi, a disease caused by vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency.

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Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

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Child: Yoshihiro Takagi

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Baron Takaki Kanehiro was a Japanese naval physician best known for identifying the first effective preventive measure against beriberi, a disease caused by vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency. His pioneering work focused on combating the high incidence of beriberi among sailors in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), who had subsisted on a diet primarily composed of polished white rice.

Country
Japan
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1849 to 1920 · aged 70

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