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Author Jarrow, Gail, author.

Title Red madness : how a medical mystery changed what we eat / Gail Jarrow.

Publication Info. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J616.39 JAR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J616.39 JARROW    In Transit +1 HOLD
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J616.393 J29R    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Teen  YA 616.393 JARROW    DUE 04-08-24
Edition First edition.
Description 192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-183) and index.
Summary One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America's South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally defeated it. Illustrated with 100 archival photographs, includes stories about real life pellagra victims and accounts of scientific investigations.
Glove, boot, necklace, and butterfly -- Baffled by pellagra -- Tackling the mystery -- Infection! -- Goldberger on the case -- The 3-M diet -- The filth parties -- The hidden factor -- Conquered -- Pellagra frequently asked questions.
Subject Pellagra -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Southern States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Malnutrition -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Public Health Service -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Physicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Public health -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Pellagra -- History.
Epidemics -- United States -- History.
Southern States -- Social conditions.
Malnutrition.
United States. Public Health Service -- History.
Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
Public health -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9781590787328
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