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> Although Takaki clearly established that the cause was due to nutritional issues, this conflicted with the prevailing idea among medical scientists that #beriberi was an infectious disease. The Imperial #JapaneseArmy,.. dominated by doctors from Tokyo Imperial University, persisted in their belief that beriberi was an infectious disease, and refused to implement a remedy.. #RussoJapaneseWar of 1904–1905, over 200,000 soldiers suffered from beriberi – 27,000 fatally..
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> [ #TakakiKanehiro ] knew that beriberi was not common among Western navies. He also noticed that Japanese naval officers, whose diet consisted of various types of vegetables and meat, rarely suffered from beriberi. On the other hand, the disease was common among ordinary crewmen, whose diet consisted almost exclusively of #WhiteRice

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