The Beri-Beri Hospital, Singapore (1907-1925).
The high incidence of Beri-beri in the 1890s and 1900s coupled with the ignorance of its causation led to many forms of treatment, culminating in the establishment of a "specialised hospital" in Singapore. However, the "anti-beri-beri" factor in unpolished rice soon made this hospital redundant.
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Department of Medicine, Toa Payoh Hospital, Singapore.
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