Goldberger's war : the life and work of a public health crusader

Goldberger's war : the life and work of a public health crusader / Alan M. Kraut.

Author/creator	Kraut, Alan M.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Hill and Wang, ©2003.
Description	xvi, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Goldberger, Joseph, 1874-1929. United States. Public Health Service. United States. Public Health Service--History. Physicians--United States --Biography. Disease Outbreaks--history --United States. History, 20th Century--United States. Pellagra--history --United States. Public Health--history --United States. History of Medicine. Physicians--United States --Biography. Public health--United States --History. Epidemics--United States --History. Pellagra.

Contents	Another poor Jew -- Medical mysteries -- Disease and duty -- Scourge of the South -- Pellagra, prisoners, and pardons -- Filth parties and mill meals: medical sleuthing in lab and village -- Cotton in crisis and the politics of public health -- Nailing Pellagra's old hide to the barn door -- Kaddish for a hero.
Local note	Laupus-Copy 2 is in the Shingleton collection.
Local note	Little-342834--305131048483/
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-297) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN	2003104265
ISBN	0374135371
ISBN	9780374135379