The investigation committee, a state institution directed by the Minister of the Army, was dedicated to looking deep into the causes of beriberi, included all the top researchers of the time and took a huge amount of money.
脚気病の原因究明を目的としたその調査会は、陸軍大臣の監督する国家機関として、当代一流の研究者が総動員され、多額の予算がつぎ込まれた。