- 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.
- Release Date
10 October 1942
- DirectingJacques Tourneur
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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