OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE ETIOLOGY OF PELLAGRA

摘要: It would be useless to enumerate the various views advanced explain cause of pellagra. Most them have been discussed repeatedly, editorially, and in special articles inThe Journalduring last few years. The idea that disease is due a faulty diet has held almost from beginning by many those investigating its nature. At first, there was very little positive evidence support this view; but results preventive feeding experiments conducted Goldberger,1and his associates, orphanages South elsewhere, were sufficiently suggestive convince these workers pellagra lack proper kind proteins diet. Other observers country2besides ourselves3are not convinced explanation will account for certain epidemiologic observations. In addition, we seen patients whose animal