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The Nature of Beri-Beri. An Etiological Study Among Chinese Prisoners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Arthur Stanley
Affiliation:
Health Officer of Shanghai.
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Shanghai is situate in the sub-tropical zone and has a climate of wide variation of temperature, but is broadly tropical during the summer quarter and temperate for the rest of the year. Lying on the alluvial flat of the Yangke delta the conditions of soil and sub-soil are uniform in all parts of the Settlement. The ground water-level is about five feet below the surface.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1902

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