THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



B. The Philippine Journal of 

 Tropical Medicine 



Vol. VII APRIL, 1912 No. 2 



infantile beriberi. 



By Vernon L. Andrews.' 



{From the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, College of Medicine 

 and Surgery, University of the Philippines.) 



Of all the so-called tropical diseases, beriberi probably enjoys 

 the distinction of having the largest literature associated with 

 it, of having been the subject of the most extensive discussion, 

 and of having had the most diverse opinions expressed concern- 

 ing its etiology, symptomatology, and pathology. Nor is this to 

 be wondered at when we consider the number of years the condi- 

 tion has been recognized, its protean manifestations, and the 

 destruction of human life it has wrought. 



Beriberi is world-wide in distribution and, although tropical 

 countries have been more extensively ravaged by it, climate 

 seems to exert little or no influence upon the course of disease. 

 The condition has always been considered a disease of adults 

 and adolescents and not until within the last decade and a half 

 has attention been called to a possible manifestation of the 

 malady in earlier life. 



' Preliminary report presented before the Manila Medical Society, 

 January 8, 1912. 



' Associate profes.sor of pathology and bacteriology and chief of the 

 department, College of Medicine and Surprery, University of the Philippines. 

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