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History Lecture - Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader

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Air date:	Monday, September 22, 2003, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 95 * This only includes stats from October 2011 and forward.
Category:	Special
Runtime:	00:51:54
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Description:	The Office of NIH History hosts the first annual “NIH History Day.” The program includes welcoming remarks by NIH Director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, and a special illustrated lecture given by Dr. Alan Kraut, author of the newly published book, Goldberger’s War. He will lecture on the life and times of Dr. Joseph Goldberger, a notable Public Health Service physician who lead a successful fight against pellagra, known in the early twentieth century as the “scourge of the South.” Goldberger fought the spread of many diseases during his career, including typhoid, yellow fever, and measles, but his discovery that the cause of pellagra was a dietary deficiency was his most renowned triumph. Dr. Kraut will tell the story of the years of experiments leading to this discovery, interweaving public health history with the absorbing tale of a doctor who went to extraordinary lengths to demonstrate his ideas. For more information, visit NIH History Lecture

Author:	Alan Kraut, Professor of History at American University
Rights:	This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely.
CIT Live ID:	2538
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=2538

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