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Article title: supposed cure found for pellagra
date published: november 12, 1915
This article reported that the public health service announced that the cure for pellagra was a large amount of protein food. The results found from experiments were that pellagra could be cured through a change in diets. It was also reported that pellagra had an estimated 75000 cases at that time in the United States, which was only exceeded by the number of victims of tuberculosis and pneumonia.
Assistant secretary Newton who was in charge of the public health service at that time said "the discovery was one of the greatest achievements of medical science in recent years."
Assistant secretary Newton who was in charge of the public health service at that time said "the discovery was one of the greatest achievements of medical science in recent years."
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