Christiaan Eijkman
 Christiaan Eijkman | |
|---|---|
 Christiaan Eijkman | |
| Born | 11 August 1858 Nijkerk, Netherlands |
| Dee'd | 5 November 1930 (aged 72) Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Naitionality | Dutch |
| Kent for | Beriberi, vitamins |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize for Pheesiology or Medicine (1929) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesiology |
Christiaan Eijkman (Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛi̯kmɑn]; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) wis a Dutch pheesician an professor o pheesiology whase demonstration that beriberi is caused bi puir diet led tae the discovery o antineuritic vitamins (Thiamine). Thegither wi Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine.
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