Dr. A. Wernich's essay on beri-beri in Japan : a review / translated by Ferdinand von Mueller

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DR. A. WERNICH’S ESSAY ON BERI-BERI IN JAPAN.  

Review translated by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, K.C.M.G.,  

M.D., Ph.D.  

In Virchow’s “ Archiv fur Pathologische Anatomie und Physio-  

logie,” Yol. LXXI., Part 3, appeared an essay by Dr. A.  

Wernich, entitled, “ Klinisclie Untersuchungen iiber die Japane-  

sische Yarietat der Beri-beri Krankheit.” This important  

treatise became reviewed in the “ Klinisclie Wochenschrift ” of  

Berlin, 1878, p. 497; .and it may be of some interest to add  

translation of that review to the account given by Drs. Suzuki and  

Toyozumi, as specially written by them for the Medical Society of  

Victoria, the review above alluded to bringing the main results of  

Dr. Wernich’s special observations under notice.  

‘•The Japanese variety of the much discussed disease which,  

under the name of beri-beri, occurs on many of the islands and  

coasts of Asia, as well as of South America and Australia, became  

the object of discussion from Dr. Wernich’s personal observations.  

His writing treats the symptomatology in an almost exhaustive  

manner, and deserves, as the first essay on the subject based on  

newer views and resources in medicine, particular attention.  

The disease either runs quick course under the features of  

severe disturbances of nutrition, accompanied by oedematous and  

frequently also paralytic affections, or it may pass on in  

protracted manner. In Japan the disease shows itself during  

spring and summer, and seizes mostly on male natives, particularly  

young and middle-aged men, whereas females, children and aged  

persons are rarely attacked. There the malady is also known as  

kak’ke, and developes in various forms. The acute form com-  

mences suddenly with weakness of the legs and frequent vomiting  

palpitations, objective and subjective dyspnoea follow, caused by  

serous exudations into the pleural cavity and the pericardium  

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Wernich, A and Mueller, Ferdinand. Dr. A. Wernich's essay on beri-beri in Japan : a review [Melbourne: , 1882. Web. 30 May 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-100867280>

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