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Pellagra and Pellagrous Insanity During the Long Nineteenth Century

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This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were...

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Main Author: Gentilcore, David (auth)
Other Authors: Priani, Egidio (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
Series:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Subjects:
European history
History of medicine
Economic history
Social & cultural history
Society & social sciences
History of mental health
Insanity
Pellagra
Mental disorder
Pellagrous insanity
History of psychiatry
Asylums
History of mental illness
Social history of medicine
Nineteenth century
Agrarian history
Environmental history
Nutrition
Poverty
Welfare
Maize cultivation
Deficiency disease
Anthropogenic disease
Syphilis
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