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Article Title: Pellagra is found to be infectious
not dependent on diet
Date issued: november 19, 1916
This article illustrates the contradicting opinions between the Thompson-McFadden Commission versus the Public health services in the cause of pellagra. The Public health service had reported that pellagra was not infectious, whereas the Thomspon-McFadden Commission disagrees and stated that contracting the disease has nothing to do a persons diet. The Thomspon-McFadden Commission also stated that to treat the disease sanitary environments are important.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30E10FA345B17738DDDA00994D9415B868DF1D3
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Article title: makes war on pellagra
Date Issued: april 29 1918
In this article the Public Health Service gives advice on how to prevent the disease. It's noted that they were handing out a paper to the public that describes the disease and preventions from it. They recomend a nutritional diet to prevent pellagra as it is caused by an unbalanced diet that consists mainly of cerals, starches and fats with little meat and milk. The well balanced diet that's recomended is on that contains milk, meat, and green veggitables, which should cure cases that weren't too far advanced.
At this time it was reported that there were around 125000 cases of the disease and 6000 deaths within the previous year.
At this time it was reported that there were around 125000 cases of the disease and 6000 deaths within the previous year.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20D11F9345B11738DDDA00A94DC405B888DF1D3
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Article Title: orders relief for pellagra victims
date issued: july 26 1921
In this article it was stated that the President at the time (President Harding) had asked Public Health Service for a full report on the situation in the cotton belt states conditions regarding pellagra. The president had pledged that he would help in fighting the disease and famine with all of his power. He had written to the red cross to ask for their cooperation in relief efforts. There was an estimated 100000 cases of pellagra in the Southern States among cotton tenants and cotton mill workers.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0F11F93C551A738DDDAF0A94DF405B818EF1D3
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article title: pellagra becomes epidemic
date issued: july 26 1921
This article outlines how serious the agriculture state must have been at this time since 100000 cases of pellagra had been reported in small farmers in the Southern States. It was stated that the disease is caused by diets that are restricted to a few foods.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0B1EF93C551A738DDDAF0A94DF405B818EF1D3
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Article title: pellagra in the south
date issued: july 27 1921
There was still some mystery around pellagra during this time as the true cause was not yet known, only that something to due with the diet seemed to cause the disease. It was stated that the largest number of cases of pellagra were reported to be women and children. 85% of people with pellagra were people who earned little money and had a diet limited of a variety of food.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50915F63C551A738DDDAE0A94DF405B818EF1D3
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article title: surprise in washington
date issued: july 27 1921
In this article it was reported that there had been ressentment in response to an official statement the Public Health Service had made about pellagra making an "alarming headway". However they did not feel the need to withdrawl their statment because of the seriousness of the disease and the large death toll.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0614F63C551A738DDDAE0A94DF405B818EF1D3