Pellagra : history, distribution, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, etiology / by Stewart R. Roberts.

  • Roberts, Stewart Ralph, 1878-1941.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Pellagra : history, distribution, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, etiology / by Stewart R. Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    , i^ r.r,r, -* I || \ I I it t it It I I -J I / it it It I jIH %iiy n till Ti 1 fi ] [\\ Fig. 6.—Pellagrosario at Rovereto, Austria, with the Alps in the background. A govern- ment institution for the treatment of pellagra, and only pellagrins sre admitted, l>r. Prohitzer is the director of the institution. This place was visited hy the author in October, 1911. November, 1911, as to the prevalence of pellagra in them, are here given: Pellagra in the States. 1. Maine 1 case in the state hospital for the insane. 2. New Hampshire. . . .No eases reported. .'!. Vermont 1910, 2 cases in Addison county; both fatal. No eases since. 4. Massachusetts 1010, 3 cases. No report since. 5. Connecticut No cases. 0. Rhode Island 1010, in insane hospital, 7 cases, with 4 deaths; 2 males and 2 females. All these insane. 7. New York 1011, 2 cases, with deaths. These were imported cases. 8. New Jersey 1910, 1 case; 1911, 1 case in Somerset county. 9. Delaware No cases reported.