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When Casimir Funk made his original studies of the chemical fractions of an alcohol extract of rice polishings he utilized a discovery of the Dutch chemist Eijkman.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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This student was Casimir Funk and a little later he carried his studies to England where he developed the results that made him the first to announce the discovery of the unknown factor which he christened vitamine.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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In 1911 Casimir Funk coined the name Vitamine to describe the substance which he believed curative of an oriental disease known as beri-beri.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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Casimir Funk, England, 1912; (vitamin A) Elmer V. McCollum,
unknown title 2009
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Casimir Funk, England, 1912; (vitamin A) Elmer V. McCollum,
unknown title 2009
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