The History of Tropical Neurology: Nutritional Disorders

“ . . . All but one of the six conditions to be discussed in this book were once common in what has now come to be designated as developed countries, the Western world. They are diseases that reflect the ravages of poverty, ignorance, famine, superstition and bigotry, but the resolution of their mystery and the development of preventive and curative measures are witnesses to the success of the efforts of physicians, enlightened politicians, and scientists in many disciplines and in many countries.”