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.
Cast
- John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
- Stephen McNally as Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
- Dorothy Morris as Secretary (uncredited)
- Emmett Vogan as Scientist (uncredited)