Beriberi in Modern Japan : The Making of a National Disease /

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This book is first a story about Japanese modernization. Second, it considers the history of science and medicine in Japan; the story of this disease exemplifies the rise of scientific medicine and the shift from the clinic to the laboratory. It also focuses on the nexus between medicine and power i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bay, Alexander R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Rochester Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Beri-beri.
Diet.
MEDICAL > History.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Weight Loss.
Alimentation > Japon > Histoire.
Beriberi > Japon > Histoire.
Diet > Japan > History.
Beri-beri > Japan > History.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : medicine, power, and the rhetoric of empire
  • The geography of affliction : beriberi in Edo and Tokyo
  • Putting the laboratory at the center
  • Beriberi : disease of imperial culture
  • Empire and the making of a national disease
  • The science of vitamins and the construction of ignorance
  • The rice germ debate : total mobilization and the science of vitamins in the 1930s
  • Conclusion.

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