Ignorance and denial of the early 20th century pellagra epidemic in the South
Four decades of “the four Ds” for the working poor (1900–1940)
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8 min readJul 28, 2018
“[W]e know practically nothing of its cause, nor mode of transmission, or whether it is transmitted by man at all…” — Rupert Blue, M.D., Surgeon…
