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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bryan, Charles S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Babcock, James Woods, > 1856-1922.
Pellagra.
Pellagra > United States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Jimmie
  • Superintendent
  • Founder of the Movement
  • How Bad It Was
  • Sambon's Obsession
  • So Near, So Far
  • A Plain Farmer's Daughter
  • The Blind Men of Hindustan
  • Appendix 1. Mortality and Full Recoveries (as Percentages of Patients Treated) by Race, South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane, 1891-1914
  • Appendix 2. Parallels in the Histories of Beriberi and Pellagra
  • Appendix 3. A Chronology of Pellagra and Niacin
  • Appendix 4. Summary of the Four Major Pellagra Conferences held at the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane, 1908-1915
  • Notes for Researchers
  • Abbreviations Used in Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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