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Asylum Doctor
Charles S. Bryan
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Description for Asylum Doctor
A biography of an unsung South Carolinian's role in responding to a deadly scourge, told against the backdrop of mental health history Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
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 and spent the rest of his life combating those who refused to accept southern poverty as the root cause. Charles S. Bryan demonstrates that between 1907 and 1914 a patchwork coalition of American asylum superintendents, local health officials, and practicing physicians developed a competence in pellagra, sifted through hypotheses, and set the ... Read more
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 and spent the rest of his life combating those who refused to accept southern poverty as the root cause. Charles S. Bryan demonstrates that between 1907 and 1914 a patchwork coalition of American asylum superintendents, local health officials, and practicing physicians developed a competence in pellagra, sifted through hypotheses, and set the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781611174908
SKU
V9781611174908
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About Charles S. Bryan
Charles S. Bryan is the Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, USA. His extensive publications deal mainly with infectious diseases, medical history, and medical biography. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a recipient of the Order of the Palmetto.
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