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THE HEAX,TH BULLETIN 237 convicts selected for the experiment were treated exactly as were the remaining convicts. They had the same routine work and discipline, the same periods of recreation, and the same water to drink. Their quarters were better than those of the other convicts. The diet given them consisted of biscuits, fried mush, grits and brown gravy, syrup, cornbread, cabbage, sw^eet potatoes, rice, collards, and coffee with sugar. All components of the dietary were of the best quality and were properly cooked. As a preliminary, and to determine if the convicts were afflicted with any other disease, they were kept under observation from February 4 to April 9, two and a half months, on which date the one-sided diet was begun. Although the occurrence of nervous symptoms and gastro-intestinal disturbances was noted early, it was not until September 12, or about five months after the beginning of the restricted diet, that the skin symptoms so characteristic of pellagra began to develop. These symptoms are considered as typical, every precaution being taken to make sure that they were not caused by any other disease. The convicts upon whom the experiment was being made, as w^ell as twenty other convicts who were selected as controls, were kept under continuous medical surveillance. No cases of pellagra developed in camp excepting among those men who were on the restricted diet. The experimenters have, therefore, drawn the conclusion that pellagra has been caused in at least six of the eleven volunteers as a result of the one-sided diet on which they subsisted. On the basis of this discovery, the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida have laid their propaganda through their respective boards of health for the eradication of the disease.—From press article isstced 'by U. S. Public Health Service, Comment on Announcement of Eecent Discovery of Cause of PellagTa [The North Carolina State Board of Health has watched with deep and appreciative interest the timely and thoughtful study being given to pellagra in our own and adjacent States. It has tried to keep in touch with the studies and experimental investigations of the United States Public Health Service staff, with the work of the Thompson-McFadden Commission in South Carolina, and as well with other studies by competent investigators in the profession that have not as yet been heralded abroad. It is the deliberate judgment of the North Carolina State Board of Health that the time has not arrived to positively state that the specific cause of pellagra, or of pellagrous diseases, is a known fact in practical medicine. The Board fully appreciates the fact that irregularities, inequalities, and inefficiencies of diet, and of nutrition, enter into and are undoubtedly important contributing factors in the development of tuberculosis, for instance, and a very large number of other diseased conditions affecting human beings. It is also in hearty accord with the teaching that the anatomic and physiologic structure of the human body favors, alike with common human experience, the use of a mixed diet of starches, fats, and pro-teids, as most conducive to health and freedom from diseases. The Board desires to encourage, as it has done in the past, the cultivating among our North Carolina people, and especially our rural residents, who comprise four-fifths of our State's population, the habit of making more extensive home use of our native-grown legumes and the other nitrogen-ized food products of our farms, offering the surplusage for sale only after the home demands have been fully met.—J. Howell Way, M.D., President N. C. State Board of Health.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-030 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 30 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 237 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-030-0243 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | healthbulletinse30nort_0243.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 30 |
Issue Number | 10 |
Page Number | 237 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | THE HEAX,TH BULLETIN 237 convicts selected for the experiment were treated exactly as were the remaining convicts. They had the same routine work and discipline, the same periods of recreation, and the same water to drink. Their quarters were better than those of the other convicts. The diet given them consisted of biscuits, fried mush, grits and brown gravy, syrup, cornbread, cabbage, sw^eet potatoes, rice, collards, and coffee with sugar. All components of the dietary were of the best quality and were properly cooked. As a preliminary, and to determine if the convicts were afflicted with any other disease, they were kept under observation from February 4 to April 9, two and a half months, on which date the one-sided diet was begun. Although the occurrence of nervous symptoms and gastro-intestinal disturbances was noted early, it was not until September 12, or about five months after the beginning of the restricted diet, that the skin symptoms so characteristic of pellagra began to develop. These symptoms are considered as typical, every precaution being taken to make sure that they were not caused by any other disease. The convicts upon whom the experiment was being made, as w^ell as twenty other convicts who were selected as controls, were kept under continuous medical surveillance. No cases of pellagra developed in camp excepting among those men who were on the restricted diet. The experimenters have, therefore, drawn the conclusion that pellagra has been caused in at least six of the eleven volunteers as a result of the one-sided diet on which they subsisted. On the basis of this discovery, the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida have laid their propaganda through their respective boards of health for the eradication of the disease.—From press article isstced 'by U. S. Public Health Service, Comment on Announcement of Eecent Discovery of Cause of PellagTa [The North Carolina State Board of Health has watched with deep and appreciative interest the timely and thoughtful study being given to pellagra in our own and adjacent States. It has tried to keep in touch with the studies and experimental investigations of the United States Public Health Service staff, with the work of the Thompson-McFadden Commission in South Carolina, and as well with other studies by competent investigators in the profession that have not as yet been heralded abroad. It is the deliberate judgment of the North Carolina State Board of Health that the time has not arrived to positively state that the specific cause of pellagra, or of pellagrous diseases, is a known fact in practical medicine. The Board fully appreciates the fact that irregularities, inequalities, and inefficiencies of diet, and of nutrition, enter into and are undoubtedly important contributing factors in the development of tuberculosis, for instance, and a very large number of other diseased conditions affecting human beings. It is also in hearty accord with the teaching that the anatomic and physiologic structure of the human body favors, alike with common human experience, the use of a mixed diet of starches, fats, and pro-teids, as most conducive to health and freedom from diseases. The Board desires to encourage, as it has done in the past, the cultivating among our North Carolina people, and especially our rural residents, who comprise four-fifths of our State's population, the habit of making more extensive home use of our native-grown legumes and the other nitrogen-ized food products of our farms, offering the surplusage for sale only after the home demands have been fully met.—J. Howell Way, M.D., President N. C. State Board of Health. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-030.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-030 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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