Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II.
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, Journal Article
Martin, MG; Humphreys, ME
Published in: Southern medical journal
August 2006
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 modem world. The Northern perceptions of the South as a backward and sickly region were only compounded by the realization that her population was malnourished, infected by worms, and continually plagued by agues and fevers. As historian John Duffy concluded, "As a chronically debilitating disease, it [malaria] shared with the other two the responsibility for the term 'lazy Southerner".
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Southern medical journal
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EISSN
1541-8243
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
August 2006
Volume
99
Issue
8
Start / End Page
862 / 864
Related Subject Headings
- Southeastern United States
- Pellagra
- Malaria
- Humans
- Hookworm Infections
- History, 20th Century
- General & Internal Medicine
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences
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Martin, M. G., & Humphreys, M. E. (2006). Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II. Southern Medical Journal, 99(8), 862–864. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000231265.03256.1f
Martin, Mike G., and Margaret E. Humphreys. “Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II.” Southern Medical Journal 99, no. 8 (August 2006): 862–64. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000231265.03256.1f.
Martin MG, Humphreys ME. Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II. Southern medical journal. 2006 Aug;99(8):862–4.
Martin, Mike G., and Margaret E. Humphreys. “Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II.” Southern Medical Journal, vol. 99, no. 8, Aug. 2006, pp. 862–64. Epmc, doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000231265.03256.1f.
Martin MG, Humphreys ME. Social consequence of disease in the American South, 1900-World War II. Southern medical journal. 2006 Aug;99(8):862–864.
Published In
Southern medical journal
DOI
EISSN
1541-8243
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
August 2006
Volume
99
Issue
8
Start / End Page
862 / 864
Related Subject Headings
- Southeastern United States
- Pellagra
- Malaria
- Humans
- Hookworm Infections
- History, 20th Century
- General & Internal Medicine
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences