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What did Joseph Goldberger do to provide evidence of the relationship between pellagra and nutrition?
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Joseph Goldberger, a physician in the U.S. government's Hygienic Laboratory, the predecessor of the National Institutes of Health, discovered the cause of pellagra and stepped on a number of medical toes when his research experiments showed that diet and not germs (the currently held medical theory) caused the disease.
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What did dr. goldberger do to provide evidence of the relationship between pellagra and nutrition?
He put it in the newspaper
What did dr.goldberger do provide evidence of the relationship between pellagra and nutrition?
Dr.Goldberger did an experiment to see what caused pellagra
What did dr.Goldberger do to provide evidence of the relationship between pellagra and nutrition?
Dr.Goldberger did an experiment to see what caused pellagra
What evidence did Dr. Goldberger find that suggested that pellagra was not caused by germs?
The evidence was that poor people were the only ones who were getting Pellagra. Because of their poor diet.
What evidence Dr goldberger observe or collect about pellagra?
Got better when diet changed
How could Dr Goldberger provide more information between pellagra and nutrition?
idk I'm trying to find it myself.
What was Joseph Goldberger's theory about pellagra?
Joseph Goldberger believed that pellagra was caused by a nutritional deficiency, particularly a lack of niacin in the diet. He conducted studies showing that pellagra could be prevented and treated by adding foods rich in niacin, such as meat and milk, to the diet.
What disease did Joseph Goldberger show to be caused by a deficiency of niacin in 1915?
Pellagra
What did Dr Goldberger observe or collect about pellagra?
Got better when diet changed
Why didn't anyone believe Dr. Joseph Goldberger about his conclusion about Pellagra?
because southerners thought that Goldberger was questioning the southeren way of life
Did goldberger swallow pellagra scabs?
Yes, he took the scabs off, and he and his assistant drank it.
Why didn't people believe Dr. Goldberger's conclusion about the cause of pellagra?
the people say that the cause of pellagra is insectsor bacteria not dr.goldbergers said that its lack of niacin
