Book Detail

Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat

ISBN: 9781590787328

Contributors: Jarrow, Gail (Author)

Publisher: Calkins Creek Books, 2014

Binding: Hardcover (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $18.99

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1 copy: $14.81
2-29 copies: $13.86
30+ copies: $13.29

Description

One hundred years ago, a pellagra epidemic spread across the American South. The disease left its victims weak, disfigured, insane, andNin the worst casesNdead. Jarrow tells the story of how doctors, public health officials, and scientists finally defeated pellagra, "one of the most horrible, pitiful afflictions mankind has ever suffered." Photos.

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