Word: beriberi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...escaped started as an ordinary day. He woke up at dawn. In the corner, he could make out the crumpled figure of the oldest member of their work detail. Old Wong was suffering from the national malady of peasant China, beriberi, or the "no-vegetable sickness." Kou helped Wong up, noticing his horribly swollen feet. Fearing punishment if they reported late to the fields five miles away, Kou and the younger men trotted off, leaving Wong to hobble along behind...