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MELLANBY, Sir Edward (1884 – 1955)

MELLANBY, Sir Edward (1884 – 1955)

1884 – 1955

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source J. Russell & Sons · [1] · CC BY 4.0

1918 CE–1919 CE

#3733

The part played by an “accessory factor” in the production of experimental rickets.

First convincing experimental evidence that rickets is a deficiency disease, curable by correct diet.

1919 CE

#3734

An experimental investigation on rickets.

In his important experiments on rickets, Mellanby both induced and controlled the disease by diet.