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- catalog abstract "This book is a medical detective story of the search for a killer. Pellagra, the disease of the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death, was epidemic in the Southern United States in the early part of this century. The often fatal disease was characterized by the dramatic stigmata of an ugly red "butterfly" across the nose and a symmetrical skin rash on the extremities. Although it has been described and studied by European physicians as early as 1735, and pellagroid symptoms had long been identified in this country, pellagra was not acknowledged as a discrete disease until 1907. In that year an epidemic broke out in an asylum in Alabama. Reports of other cases quickly followed, and within a few years pellagra was pandemic in the South. The search for the killer was on, but it would be many years before the cause could be isolated and a cure found. In 1914, Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a United States Public Health Service physician, became director of the PHS pellagra research program. This book traces his efforts to identify the culprit responsible for this disease and ultimately to find the cure in 1937 that would help to eliminate it.".
- catalog contributor b685723.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Social conditions.".
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "[1972]".
- catalog date "1972".
- catalog date "[1972]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1972]".
- catalog description "A new scourge for the South -- Teamwork -- Meat, meal, and molasses: an indictment -- Praise and protest -- A tale of seven villages -- Famine, plague, and furor -- The quiet search -- A practical approach -- Victory -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "This book is a medical detective story of the search for a killer. Pellagra, the disease of the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death, was epidemic in the Southern United States in the early part of this century. The often fatal disease was characterized by the dramatic stigmata of an ugly red "butterfly" across the nose and a symmetrical skin rash on the extremities. Although it has been described and studied by European physicians as early as 1735, and pellagroid symptoms had long been identified in this country, pellagra was not acknowledged as a discrete disease until 1907. In that year an epidemic broke out in an asylum in Alabama. Reports of other cases quickly followed, and within a few years pellagra was pandemic in the South. The search for the killer was on, but it would be many years before the cause could be isolated and a cure found. In 1914, Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a United States Public Health Service physician, became director of the PHS pellagra research program. This book traces his efforts to identify the culprit responsible for this disease and ultimately to find the cure in 1937 that would help to eliminate it.".
- catalog extent "ix, 278 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Butterfly caste.".
- catalog identifier "0837162769".
- catalog isFormatOf "Butterfly caste.".
- catalog isPartOf "Contributions in American history, no. 17".
- catalog issued "1972".
- catalog issued "[1972]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pub. Co.".
- catalog relation "Butterfly caste.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "614.5/93/930975".
- catalog subject "Malnutrition.".
- catalog subject "Pellagra History.".
- catalog subject "Pellagra United States History.".
- catalog subject "Pellagra history".
- catalog subject "RA645.P4 E8".
- catalog subject "Social Conditions United States History.".
- catalog subject "Social Conditions history".
- catalog subject "WD 126 E84b 1972".
- catalog tableOfContents "A new scourge for the South -- Teamwork -- Meat, meal, and molasses: an indictment -- Praise and protest -- A tale of seven villages -- Famine, plague, and furor -- The quiet search -- A practical approach -- Victory -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "The butterfly caste: a social history of pellagra in the South [by] Elizabeth W. Etheridge.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".