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, which ravaged Italy from the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were treated in Italia...
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