By J. Higginson, A. D. Gillanders, and J. F. Murray
Summary: A comprehensive review reprinted from the British Heart Journal documenting heart lesions caused by malnutrition among Bantu adults in South Africa. In all 12 fatal cases studied, "the hearts were dilated and hypertrophied," the authors noted, a "distinctive pathological pattern" they attributed squarely to malnutrition. Specifically, the high-carbohydrate Bantu diet, along with B vitamin deficiencies, are implicated. Reprint 74, 1952.
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