The Great Depression's Forgotten Epidemic: Pellagra and the Poor — Fexingo History
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The Great Depression's Forgotten Epidemic: Pellagra and the Poor — Fexingo History
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In the early 1930s, the American South was gripped by a hidden epidemic: pellagra, a gruesome nutritional disease caused by a deficiency of niacin. While the New Deal fought economic...
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