Edward Mellanby
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Medical scientist, discoverer of vitamin C
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Edward Mellanby was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919. Education Mellanby was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner, and educated at Barnard Castle School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied physiology.
Edward Mellanby's Published Works
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Published Works
- Metaplasia produced in cultures of chick ectoderm by high vitamin A (1953) (433)
- The effect of hypervitaminosis A on embryonic limb‐bones cultivated in vitro (1952) (287)
- Vitamin A as an Anti-Infective Agent. (1928) (162)
- VITAMIN A AS AN ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENT (1929) (154)
- The rickets‐producing and anti‐calcifying action of phytate (1949) (120)
- DIET AS A PROPHYLACTIC AGENT AGAINST PUERPERAL SEPSIS (1931) (83)
- Phytic acid and the rickets-producing action of cereals. (1939) (78)
- Diet and Canine Hysteria: Experimental Production (1946) (77)
- Vitamin A and bone growth: the reversibility of vitamin A‐deficiency changes (1947) (67)
- Tar Cancer in Mice. II. The Condition of the Skin, when Modified by External Treatment or Diet, as a Factor in Influencing the Cancerous Reaction (1930) (66)
- The biological action of thyroxine on embryonic bones grown in tissue culture (1955) (63)
- Skeletal changes affecting the nervous system produced in young dogs by diets deficient in vitamin a (1941) (63)
- Influence of excess vitamin A on the sulphate metabolism of bone rudiments grown in vitro (1956) (62)
- The experimental production of deafness in young animals by diet (1938) (55)
- Croonian Lecture - Nutrition in relation to bone growth and the nervous system (1944) (50)
- The experimental production and prevention of degeneration in the spinal cord (1931) (50)
- The effect of L‐triiodothyronine on the growth and development of embryonic chick limb bones in tissue culture (1956) (48)
- Nutrition and child-bearing. (1933) (46)
- The isolation of a toxic substance from agenized wheat flour. (1951) (43)
- On the presence of β‐imidazolethylamine in the intestinal wall; with a method of isolating a bacillus from the alimentary canal which converts histidine into this substance (1912) (41)
- Carotene and Vitamin A: The Anti-Infective Action of Carotene (1930) (40)
- Effects of Hypervitaminosis A on Foetal Mouse Bones Cultivated in vitro (1950) (39)
- Creatin and creatinin (1908) (37)
- Further observations on the production of canine hysteria by flour treated with nitrogen trichloride (agene process). (1947) (31)
- Influence of Excess Vitamin A on the Sulphate Metabolism of Chick Ectoderm Grown in Vitro (1954) (28)
- The experimental production of deafness in young animals by diet (1939) (27)
- A Lecture on THE RELATION OF DIET TO HEALTH AND DISEASE (1930) (27)
- Xerophthalmia, trigeminal degeneration and vitamin A deficiency (1934) (25)
- DISEASES PRODUCED AND PREVENTED BY CERTAIN FOOD CONSTITUENTS (1931) (24)
- On creatin‐destroying bacilli in the intestine, and their isolation (1912) (24)
- Lesions of the central and peripheral nervous systems produced in young rabbits by .vitamin A deficiency and a high cereal intake. (1935) (22)
- A British Medical Association Lecture on Diet and Disease (1926) (20)
- Isolation of a Crystalline Toxic Factor from Agenized Wheat Flour (1950) (20)
- An Experimental Investigation on Diarrhoea and Vomiting of Children (1916) (20)
- Experimental rickets : the effect of cereals and their interaction with other factors of diet and environment in producing rickets (19)
- Nutrition and Disease: The Interaction of Clinical and Experimental Work (1935) (17)
- ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION. (1920) (15)
- A Story of Nutritional Research. The Effect of some Dietary Factors on Bones and the Nervous System. (1950) (14)
- Vitamin A and bone growth; the reversibility of vitamin A-deficiency changes. (1947) (13)
- The Metabolism of Lactating Women (1913) (13)
- The transmission of the rous filterable agent to chemically induced tumours (1938) (11)
- The effect of bone dysplasia (overgrowth) on cranial nerves in vitamin a‐deficient animals (1943) (11)
- The Effect of Iodine on Hyperthyroidism in Man (1924) (11)
- Phytic Acid and Phytase in Cereals (1944) (10)
- A British Medical Association Lecture ON DEFICIENCY DISEASES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RICKETS * (1924) (9)
- The inhibition of lactic acid formation in cancer and muscle. (8)
- Nutrition in Relation to Bone Growth and the Nervous System (1943) (8)
- Chemical Manipulation of Food* (1951) (7)
- The transmission of the Rous filterable agent to the normal tissues of fowls (1938) (7)
- Vitamin D in ergot of rye. (7)
- Dist and canine hysteria; experimental production by treated flour. (1947) (7)
- British Medical Association Lecture on Diet and Disease, with Special Reference to the Teeth, Lungs, and Pre-Natal Feeding. (7)
- Discussion On The Importance Of Accessory Food Factors (Vitamines) In The Feeding Of Infants. 1 (1920) (6)
- A rat technique for demonstrating the interfering effect of cereals on bone calcification. (6)
- The Fat-Soluble Vitamins—Their Significance in Nutrition (1933) (5)
- SOME COMMON DEFECTS OF DIET AND THEIR PATHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE (1922) (5)
- Medical Research in Wartime* (1943) (4)
- The effect of bone dysplasia (overgrowth) on cranial nerves in vitamin a-deficient animals. (1943) (4)
- A note on the inhibitory effect of monoiodoacetic acid on lactic acid production by cancer tissue. (1931) (4)
- Jenner and His Impact on Medical Science* (1949) (4)
- Tar Cancer in Mice: (1) The Technique of the Comparative Experiment (1930) (4)
- Discussion on the Influence of Vitamins and Hormones on the Physiology and Pathology of the Ear, Nose and Throat (1943) (3)
- The State and Medical Research (1938) (3)
- On Production of Canine Hysteria with Agenized Flour (1947) (3)
- A Doctor's Odyssey: (1937) (3)
- The Hopkins memorial lecture (1948) (3)
- Reaction to Injury: Introduction (1954) (3)
- Remarks on CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE RECENT WORK ON BONE DISEASE * (1932) (2)
- Preliminary experiments on the effect of methionine sulphoximine on the developing chick and on transplantable tumours (1956) (2)
- Nutritional science in medicine. (1944) (2)
- The State and Medical Research (1938) (2)
- The effect of vitamin A on skeletal tissue cultivated in vitro. (1951) (2)
- Ionization of Calcium Phytate (1940) (2)
- Work of M.R.C. Committees (1944) (1)
- Sir Edward Mellanby, G.B.E., K.C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. (1956) (1)
- Viscount D'Abernon, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., F.R.S. (1942) (1)
- A SHORT CHEMICAL STUDY OF A CASE OF CYCLIC VOMITING, WITH SOME REMARKS ON CREATINURIA AND ACIDOSIS. (1911) (1)
- Discussion on the Value of Alcohol as a Therapeutic Agent (1920) (1)
- Duties of the State in Relation to the Nation's Food Supply (1927) (1)
- DIET AND NUTRITION: PROPER FEEDING AND GOOD HEALTH. (1939) (1)
- Discussion on Nutritional Diseases in Animals (1924) (1)
- Silicosis Inquiry in South Wales: A Disclaimer (1938) (1)
- Implications of Recent Advances in Medicine (1939) (0)
- Memorial to Sir Walter Fletcher (1935) (0)
- Biochemistry and Biology of Antimetabolites (1952) (0)
- A Discussion on Alimentary Toxæmia; its Sources, Consequences, and Treatment. (0)
- OBITUARY (1955) (0)
- The Hastings Popular Lecture on Diet and Health. (0)
- THE LATE SIR WALTER FLETCHER (1933) (0)
- The Influence of Cereal Foods as a Factor in Rickets. (0)
- SOME COMMON DEFECTS OF DIET AND THEIR PATHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE (1922) (0)
- Annotations (1907) (0)
- A Discussion on Alimentary Toxæmia; Its Sources, Consequences, and Treatment (1913) (0)
- Report on Research Work on Cancer, Carried Out at The Field Laboratory, University of Sheffield, 1934-1935. * *A Report made to the Yorkshire Council for Cancer Research on work financed by them. (1936) (0)
- Letter from Edward Mellanby, Medical Research Council of Great Britain to Michael Heidelberger (1947) (0)
- Food rations for invalids. (1947) (0)
- THE CAUSATION OF RICKETS. (1922) (0)
- M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Secretary of Medical Research Council. Pp. 171 and 61 illustrations, Nutrition and disease Price 8s. 6d, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh (1934). (1935) (0)
- Memorial to Sir Walter Fletcher (1934) (0)
- The science of nutrition in medicine. (1947) (0)
- Control of Malaria in the Tropics (1945) (0)
- THE WALTER FLETCHER MEMORIAL (1935) (0)
- British Medical Journal (1934) (0)
- Special diets for invalids; the procedure explained. (1947) (0)
- INFANT DIETETICS (1924) (0)
- RICKETS (1922) (0)
- Discussion on the Treatment of Exophthalmic Goitre (1926) (0)
- Diet and canine hysteria. Experimental reduction by treated flour. (1946) (0)
- SILICOSIS INQUIRY IN SOUTH WALES : A DISCLAIMER (1938) (0)
- APPOINTMENTS IN CLINICAL SCIENCE (1936) (0)
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Dysentery occurring in the British Salonika Force. (1918) (0)
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