FUNK, Casimir (1884-1967). Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fr die Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Bercksichtigung der Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1914. (243 x 165 mm). Text half-tones. 2 chromolithograph plates. Original black cloth over limp boards, gilt-lettered spine, modern cloth box. Provenance: (presentation inscription from the author on half-title "Meinem lieben Richard von seinem Casimir"). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "A pioneer work in the study of vitamins" (Garrison-Morton). Funk sought the exact causes of diseases known to arise from poor diets. He managed to identify thiamine as the element in rice that prevents beri-beri (a disease caused by a diet of polished rice, which has had several elements, including thiamine, removed in a refining process). In 1912, Funk proposed the term "vitamine" (for vital amine) for such essential organic compounds. Cushing F375; Garrison-Morton 1051; Grolier Medicine 94 (this copy exhibited); Norman 849. -- Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fr die physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Bercksichtigung der Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1914. (258 x 173 mm). Text half-tones, 2 chromolithograph plates. 6 pages of publishers ads bound in. Original blue printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 1051; Norman 850. (2)

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FUNK, Casimir (1884-1967). Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fr die Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Bercksichtigung der Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1914. (243 x 165 mm). Text half-tones. 2 chromolithograph plates. Original black cloth over limp boards, gilt-lettered spine, modern cloth box. Provenance: (presentation inscription from the author on half-title "Meinem lieben Richard von seinem Casimir"). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "A pioneer work in the study of vitamins" (Garrison-Morton). Funk sought the exact causes of diseases known to arise from poor diets. He managed to identify thiamine as the element in rice that prevents beri-beri (a disease caused by a diet of polished rice, which has had several elements, including thiamine, removed in a refining process). In 1912, Funk proposed the term "vitamine" (for vital amine) for such essential organic compounds. Cushing F375; Garrison-Morton 1051; Grolier Medicine 94 (this copy exhibited); Norman 849. -- Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fr die physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Bercksichtigung der Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1914. (258 x 173 mm). Text half-tones, 2 chromolithograph plates. 6 pages of publishers ads bound in. Original blue printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 1051; Norman 850. (2)