Christiaan Eijkman
1858-1930
Dutch Physician and Pathologist
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician who shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Frederick Hopkins (1861-1947) f...
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Christiaan Eijkman was a pioneer in the study of diseases that result from deficiencies in a patient's diet. His major contribution was the discovery that the lack of some vital substance in food caus...
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Born in the Netherlands in 1858, Eijkman received his medical degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1883, then went to Germany to study under the famous bacteriologist, Robert Koch. Encouraged by...
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Born in the Netherlands in 1858, Eijkman received his medical degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1883, then went to Germany to study under the famous bacteriologist, Robert Koch. Encouraged by...
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Born in the Netherlands in 1858, Eijkman received his medical degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1883, then went to Germany to study under the famous bacteriologist, Robert Koch. Encouraged by...
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The Dutch physician and biologist Christian Eijkman (1858-1930) was a pioneer in the study of the biochemical basis of health and in the recognition and study of vitamins.Christian Eijkman was born to...
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