Pellagra and Pellagrous Insanity During the Long Nineteenth Century / / David Gentilcore, Egidio Priani.
This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were...
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Superior document: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing,, 2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 174) :; illustrations. |
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