Description
A National Science Teachers Association, Best STEM Book
One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America’s South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award-winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally defeated it. Illustrated with 100 archival photographs, Red Madness includes stories about real-life pellagra victims and accounts of scientific investigations. It concludes with a glossary, timeline, further resources, author’s note, bibliography, and index.One hundred years ago, a pellagra epidemic spread across the American South. The disease left its victims weak, disfigured, insane, andNin the worst casesNdead. Jarrow tells the story of how doctors, public health officials, and scientists finally defeated pellagra, “one of the most horrible, pitiful afflictions mankind has ever suffered.” Photos.
Calkins Creek Books
Juvenile Nonfiction
Science & Nature
Edition: History of Science, Juvenile Nonfiction
Keywords: Science & Nature
