CHRISTIAAN EIJKMAN

1929 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin

• 1858-1930
• Place of birth: Nijkerk (The Netherlands)
• Residence: The Netherlands
• Affiliation: Utrecht University (Professor of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, 1898-1928)
• Investigating the disease beriberi in Java, his observations of dietary deficiency led to the discovery of vitamins

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• Celebration of Christiaan Eijkman's life
• Christiaan Eijkman Biography (submitted by Cris)
• Christiaan Eijkman - Biography (submitted by Davis Brown)
• Encyclopedia: Christiaan Eijkman (submitted by Jackson)
• Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B - with two chapters on Eijkman (submitted by Danny Yee)
• Primeras investigaciones con anestesia rectal (submitted by mimino)
• Christiaan Eijkman Biography (submitted by Shawn)
• Christiaan Eijkman and Frederick Gowland Hopkins (submitted by Fred)
• Christiaan Eijkman – Informations (submitted by George)
• his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin (submitted by MIm)
• Christiaan Eijkman – Biography (submitted by Anna)
• Christiaan Eijkman Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Christiaan Eijkman (submitted by Lukas)
• Selected medicine prize winners (submitted by Alison)

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