ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON DISEASE

The Boston Globe | July 29, 2003| | Copyright

Joseph Goldberger joined the US Marine Hospital Service (later the US Public Health Service) as an ambitious young doctor, determined to root out the plagues of the American South: yellow fever, dengue, and typhus. He began his research at a time when the causes of infection were not yet well understood.

In 1914, Goldberger began investigating an illness that would intrigue and occupy him for the rest of his life: pellagra. His search for the cause and cure of the disease is the topic of Alan M. Kraut's new biography, "Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader."

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