This essay is about pellagra, a disease that was common in the southeastern states ranging from around the early 1900s until the end of WWII and the many scientists who worked to find the cure.

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PELLAGRA Pellagra was a disease that affected hundreds of thousands of residents within the southeastern region of the United States from the time of its first known reports in the early 1900's to the end of World War II, in 1945. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, from New York, was given credit for finding the cure for Pellagra. Contributing to the Goldberger's cure were the discoveries of doctors and scientists prior to and during the time that Dr. …

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…groups in the population that show the greatest prevalence for pellagra. Table II - Rural, Mill-village, and Urban Distribution of Cases by Townships (Populations). Chart I - Rural, Mill-village & Urban Distribution of Cases by Townships (Number of Cases per 10,000 of Population). Case II - Miss M. F. (Pellagra Commission No. 1, Spartanburg County). Case III. - Mrs. M. McH. (Pellagra Commission No. 2, Spartanburg County). Table II - Summary Table. Average Daily Composition of the Urine