Christiaan Eijkman, Beriberi and Vitamin B1
 
 "White rice can be poisonous!" This was the conclusion Christiaan Eijkman declared in 1896 on his return to the Netherlands, after ten years of research in Batavia, Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia).

 Who Was Eijkman and Why Did He Travel to Java?
 
Early on Christiaan Eijkman had decided he wanted to become a doctor. When the time came, his family couldn't afford to send him to medical school. Nevertheless, he found the means to get the education he needed. The Dutch colonial army had use for many doctors and they paid for his education in exchange for a few years of medical work in the Dutch East Indies. Christiaan got his medical training, and then went to the colonies to work as an army surgeon. A short time after his arrival he got malaria, and after two years, it became impossible for him to work. He was sent back home to recover.

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