Today sees the first case of wet beri beri (caused by Vitamin B1 deficiency) in Camp. There are to be many cases over the next four months until a weekly dose of thiamin is added to the internees' soup.
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Beri Beri: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 150 (See also entry for May 5, 1942)
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