Mystery of the poisoned expedition
Abstract
The Burke and Wills expedition through the interior of Australia in the nineteenth century ended in calamity. But the cause of death was more pernicious than anyone at the time had imagined: beriberi due to thiaminase poisoning.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- April 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1038/368683a0
- Bibcode:
- 1994Natur.368..683E