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Hardcover Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra Book
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ISBN: 1611174902

ISBN13: 9781611174908

Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra

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During the early twentieth century thousands of Americans died of pellagra before the cause--vitamin B3 deficiency--was identified. Credit for ending the scourge is usually given to Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the U.S. Public Health Service, who proved the case for dietary deficiency during 1914-1915 and spent the rest of his life combating those who refused to accept southern poverty as the root cause. Charles S. Bryan demonstrates that between 1907...

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