Joseph Goldberger
Joseph Goldberger · Science & Medicine
Physician who proved that pellagra is a dietary deficiency disease, not an infection.
1874, Giralt, Austria-Hungary (now Giraltovce, Slovakia) — 1929, Washington, D.C., USA
Slovakia · United States
Joseph Goldberger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician who proved that pellagra is a dietary deficiency disease, not an infection.
Joseph Goldberger was an American epidemiologist who proved through careful field studies that pellagra is caused by a dietary deficiency rather than an infection, overturning prevailing medical opinion. He was born into a Jewish family in what is now Slovakia and emigrated as a child to New York's Lower East Side. His work with the U.S. Public Health Service saved many lives across the American South.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Physician who proved that pellagra is a dietary deficiency disease, not an infection.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
