Presents two cases of beriberi heart disease. Includes patient history, diagnosis, and treatment.

Presents an alternative perspective on the history of the disease, with early discourse, beriberi as anomaly, geography, and notable responses.

Text of Eijkman's acceptance speech, following his award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1929.

Furnishes pathophysiology, causes, symptoms, signs, labs, diagnosis, and treatment, with links to additional information.

Information includes causes and symptoms of the two major types, tests, treatment, and possible complications.

'Engines of Our Ingenuity' series from Houston University explores the history of beriberi and discovery of the cause.