Elmore J G, Feinstein A R
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ann Intern Med. 1994 Sep 1;121(5):372-5. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-121-5-199409010-00010.
Pellagra, a disease rarely seen in developed countries today, was common during the first half of this century in the United States. The disease was initially believed to be infectious, and severe "pellagraphobia" left many victims and their families ostracized. This paper calls attention to Joseph Goldberger, an American physician whose remarkable research helped correct the erroneous belief in an infectious cause for pellagra and led to the elimination of pellagra epidemics in the United States.
糙皮病在如今的发达国家已很少见，但在本世纪上半叶的美国却很常见。这种疾病最初被认为具有传染性，严重的“糙皮病恐惧症”使许多患者及其家人被社会排斥。本文要提到的是美国医生约瑟夫·戈德伯格，他卓越的研究有助于纠正认为糙皮病由传染性病因引起的错误观念，并在美国消除了糙皮病的流行。
