Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency

by Christian Warren

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A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease's emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment--and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency.

Rickets, a childhood disorder that causes soft and misshapen bones, transformed from an ancient but infrequent threat to a common scourge during the Industrial Revolution. Factories, mills, and urban growth transformed the landscape. Malnutrition and insufficient...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:022615193X

ISBN13:9780226151939

Release Date:November 2024

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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