Takaki Kanehiro 高木 兼寛 | |
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Born | |
Died | 12 April 1920 | (aged 70)
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | naval physician |
Baron Takaki Kanehiro (高木 兼寛, 30 October 1849 – 12 April 1920) was a Japanese naval physician. He is known for his work on preventing the vitamin deficiency disease beriberi among sailors in the Japanese navy, who had been living mainly on white rice.