(1858–1930) Dutch physician who used chickens as a model for the study of beriberi, and was a pioneer in research leading to the discovery of vitamins.
Keywords: colonial medicine; rice; vitamins; beriberi
Eijkman, Christiaan
KJ Carpenter, University of California Berkeley, California, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002506
| Further Reading | |
| book Eijkman C (1990) Polyneuritis in Chickens, or the Origin of Vitamin Research [English translation of papers originally published 1890–1896]. Basel: Hoffman-La Roche. | |
| Carpenter KJ and Sutherland B (1995) Eijkman's contribution to the discovery of vitamins. Journal of Nutrition 125: 155–163. | |
| Jansen BCP (1950) C. Eijkman. Journal of Nutrition 42: 2–8. | |
| book Jansen BCP (1959) Het Levenswerk van Christiaan Eijkman. Haarlem: Bohn. | |
