Distillations: Science + Culture + History

In today’s show we take a closer look at vitamins, the tiny substances that are vital to our health. SHOW CLOCK 00:00 Opening Credits 00:31 Introduction 01:39 Mystery Solved: Rickets 04:35 Element of the Week: Iron 06:41 Making Vitaming C 10:18 Quotation: George Bernard Shaw 10:38 Closing Credits CREDITS Special thanks to Jocelyn Ford and Anke Timmermann for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.