Beriberi in Japanese Prison Camp

Article1 August 1946BERIBERI IN JAPANESE PRISON CAMPRALPH E. HIBBS, M.D.RALPH E. HIBBS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-2-270 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThese observations on beriberi were made over a period of 34 months on approximately 8,000 Americans who had surrendered on Bataan and Corregidor. The 34-month period extended from April 9, 1942, with the surrender of Bataan, to January 30, 1945, with our release from captivity. We were handicapped by meager laboratory facilities, complete lack of cooperation of the Japanese officials, lack of supplies for records on these patients, inability to maintain follow-up records on the patients since they were moved in and out of the camp frequently, and also by the poor state of health of most of the medical...Bibliography1. HULSE MC: Subclinical vitamin deficiency; assay of subclinical thiamin deficiency, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 440-446. Google Scholar2. : Recommended daily allowances for specific nutrients, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 2601. Google Scholar3. ELVEHJEM CA: Handbook of nutrition; water soluble vitamins, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, 1388-1397. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MOOREVAN SLYKE NSDD: Relationships between plasma specific gravity, plasma protein content and edema in nephritis, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1930, viii, 337-355. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MEYERS FM: Possible adaptation to low vitamin B1 intake, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1941, cci, 785-789. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Received for publication February 23, 1946.†Fellow in Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; formerly, Major, M.C., A.U.S. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAddressing Cognitive Biases in Interpreting an Elevated Lactate in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes and Thiamine DeficiencyThe relationship between lactate and thiamine levels in patients with diabetic ketoacidosisDistinctive Acid-Base Pattern in Wernicke’s EncephalopathyMyths and Misconceptions of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: What Every Emergency Physician Should KnowMalnutrition and subsequent ischemic heart disease in former prisoners of war of world war II and the Korean conflictThe post-repeal eclipse in knowledge about the harmful effects of alcoholDeficiency of vitamins A, B, and CThiamine deficiency neuropathyLactatazidose bei ThiaminmangelNeurological disease due to malnutritionTHIAMINE (ANEURINE)PantothensäureVitamineErnährungskrankheitenErnährungskrankheitenVitamine und VitaminkrankheitenA CLINICAL STUDY OF MALNUTRITION IN JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR*MAURICE A. SCHNITKER, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL E. MATTMAN, M.D., THEODORE L. BLISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Vitamin Supplementation in Health and Disease 1 August 1946Volume 25, Issue 2Page: 270-282KeywordsBeriberiCyclic adenosine monophosphateElectronic medical recordsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...