The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
ORIGIN OF PELLACRA
DR.. WATSON SAYS IT IS CAUSED
By EATING NEAL MADE
From Fcrmented Cora, From Which
Can De Developed Toxin as
:4>uli5 as Serychnine.

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Dr.. J. J. Watson. OF Columbia. who
was one OF the frs; physicians in this
country to awaken to the grave i'm
portance OF pellagEa. and who has be-
come widely known as an authority
on the subject through his studies
here and in Europe and bis writings.
has returned from 81. Louis. where
he lectured on the disease. by espec
!al invitation. 10 tie Mississippi VAL
ley Medical association. aod exhibited
TO the convention Q characteristic
pel.asrin. uul Loddie Cato. OF Mo-
nesca
Or. Watson told the zoe phys.-
ciaas present that he regards pc!!as-a
as most formidable Ill. Unless
checked. he says. it will be second
only 70 tuberculosis. He has studied
its effects IN America and Italy.
That this new. mysterious disease
which is causing government in
ves,iSation all c:er the country. ex-
lists in ST Louis and wherever per
sons eat meal made from fe.mented
corn.
with the extract Of sermented
corr car develop a toxin as vi5ulea;
as strychnine." he said. "a few
drops Of it will kill Belgian hare
or guinea pig in two minutes. Corr
is one Of the grandest and best Ger
eais Iod makes for man. bu, wheI
it Is ferneEted it is deadly poison
TO man and beast Unless we qu!t
harvesting our corn in August. whe:
Il is green. and allow It to natpr.
before cutting 1t. pelldsra IS bound
to exist II Is growing steadily aoc
nun berioS more victims.
This lad" pointing to Loddie Ca
to. was born Of healthy parents
His father vas a miller. The par
ents ate only the good corn. Th'
children played around the m:ll a
Aooetta. S. c.. aad ate the meal tia
came from The hcppers. Much o
It vas ground from fermeo;ed. gree.
corn. Firs. boy Of Eve caught tn
disease. then his sister Of tour
This 10Y was two years old. and. a
his sister aursed him. be learned /;
eat the corrmeai. too. His brothe
and sister are dead: claimed by pei
lasra-
'Pellagca abounds mos: where Ger
neoted or grossly adul;erated foo
is eaten. There are more than s.
cases in the State Hospital az Peoria
III. Fourteen cases recently wes
found amons hospital patients 1
Cook county. Governor Deneen
assisting the government inspector
II makisS an Investigation"
| The disease. most prevalent /
North and South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama. Tennessee and other South
ern States where cornneal is grea
article Of diet. existed there 90 o
80 years e5sore being properly diae
nosed. Two cases were reported i
New York and Massachusetts, /
1865.
It was IN 1907 that Southern ply
sicians gained a working sno~ledg
; OF peliasrs and diagnosed It properly
Dr.. Watson is one Of the pioneer:
He made observations on patient
and animals. Dr. Lavinde. cam
South and Joined in the researche:
Dr.. Watson went 20 Italy. the hom
Of pellagra. to study it more int
mately.
Pellagra vas frs: recognized
Spain in 1875. when it was calle
nal de rosa. II appeared in Ital
IN 1850. and the peasants styled
peli aga IN 1910 Marzavi called al
tent;on to the relation between naiz
and pellagra. and in 1914 Baia.dil
drst suggested the disease might b
due to the indigestion Of diseas
corn. which view has been conf-me
and upheld by Lonbrosc.
The disease Is prevalent in Ror
; mania and Italy: in the latter ther
are more than 10000 cases. 10 pc
cent OF whom are mentally afflicted
| Rounnania has 10000 cases. Th
disease prevails In Spain anc Cppe
Egypt. and numerous cases are re
ported IN Aus,ria. Serria. Bulgaria
Africa. Mexico. South America. an
lately ths United States.