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📜 Overview: This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri-beri on the island of Java in the 1890s, led to the discovery of vitamins.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1942-10-10
⌚ Running Time: 11 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

John Nesbitt original image
Narrator (voice)
John Nesbitt
Stephen McNally original image
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Stephen McNally
Dorothy Morris original image
Secretary (uncredited)
Dorothy Morris
Emmett Vogan original image
Scientist (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan

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