Goldberger's War The Life and Work of a

Goldberger's Warchronicles one of the U.S. Public Health Service's most renowned heroes--an immigrant Jew who trained as a doctor at Bellevue, became a young recruit to the federal government's health service, and ended an American plague. He did so by defying conventional wisdom, experimenting on humans, and telling the South precisely what it didn't want to hear.

Alan M. Kraut is a professor of history at American University.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
"Another Poor Jew"	p. 13
Medical Mysteries	p. 43
Disease and Duty	p. 73
Scourge of the South	p. 97
Pellagra, Prisoners, and Pardons	p. 121
"Filth Parties" and Mill Meals: Medical Sleuthing in Lab and Village	p. 143
Cotton in Crisis and the Politics of Public Health	p. 173
"Nailing Pellagra's Old Hide to the Barn Door"	p. 201
Kaddish for a Hero	p. 233
Epilogue	p. 257
Notes	p. 263
A Note on Sources	p. 299
Index	p. 303
Table of Contents provided by Rittenhouse. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Goldberger's War The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials