Social Consequence of Disease in the American South, 1900 – World War II
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 99 (8) , 862-864
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000231265.03256.1f
Abstract
The early 20th century Southerner lived in a disease environment created by a confluence of poverty, climate and the legacy of slavery. A deadly trio of pellagra, hookworm and malaria enervated the poor Southerner-man, woman and child—creating a dull, weakened people ill equipped to prosper in the modern world. The Northern perceptions of the South as a backward and sickly region were only...Keywords
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