Besides, Ogai MORI did recognize the importance of the nutritional value of food, and gave instruction for sufficient supplies of meat and vegetables to soldiers during the Sino-Japanese War, but as he believed beriberi derived from germs he did not think nutrition played a role in the disease.
なお、森鴎外も食事上の栄養価については考慮していて、日露戦争時は新たに兵に十分な肉と野菜を与えるように指示していたが、脚気は細菌に由来すると考えていたため、脚気を考慮していたものではなかった。