William Fletcher (physician)

William Fletcher (born 11 October 1872 in Lemsford, Hertfordshire,[1] died 18 September 1938)[2] was an English medical doctor who in 1907 published the results of an experiment showing beriberi could be prevented by eating unpolished rice.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Trail, Richard R. "William Fletcher". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. RCP Museum. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ Fletcher, William (29 June 1907). "Rice and Beri-beri: Preliminary report on an experiment conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Lunatic Asylum" (PDF). The Lancet. 169 (4374): 1776–1779. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)37985-0. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ Vandenbroucke, Jan P (2003). "The contribution of William Fletcher's 1907 report to finding a cause and cure for beriberi". James Lind Library Bulletin: Commentaries on the History of Treatment Evaluation. Retrieved 13 February 2023.