The Magic Alphabet

The Magic Alphabet (1942)

October 10th, 19420h 11min

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Overview

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri-beri on the island of Java in the 1890s, led to the discovery of vitamins.


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