One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across
America's South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what
caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured,
insane, and in some cases, dead. Award-winning science and history
writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and
highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally
defeated it. Illustrated with 100 archival photographs, "Red Madness
includes stories about real-life pellagra victims and accounts of
scientific investigations. It concludes with a glossary, timeline,
further resources, author's note, bibliography, and index."
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