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The cause of Beri Beri was discovered by

  • A.Alexanderson
  • B.Eijkman
  • C.Cockrell
  • D.Macmillan

Answer: B

Christiaan Eijkman found the cause.

Working in Java in 1897, he noticed that chickens fed polished rice developed a beri-beri-like illness that unpolished rice cured. The husk contained what was later identified as vitamin B1. He shared the Nobel Prize in 1929.

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