Spies Nutrition Clinic Collection 1937-1967.

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Spies Nutrition Clinic Collection 1937-1967.

Correspondence, printed matter

1.5 cubic feet.

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Hutchinson, Martha C.

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Spies, Tom D. (Tom Douglas), 1902-1960

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Spies discovered a pellagra cure. From the description of Spies, Tom Douglas, letter, 1936. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22177083 ...

Kettering, Eugene W. (Eugene Williams), 1908-1969

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Vernon, James D.

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American Dry Milk Institute

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Ward, Fred C.

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Dreizen, Samuel

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Niedermeier, William, 1923-

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Spies Nutrition Clinic.

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The Spies Nutrition Clinic operated out of the Hillman Hospital from 1936 to the time of Dr. Spies' death in 1960. Dr. James McLester, physician-in-chief of Hillman Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, invited Dr. Spies to the city in 1935 to test the Goldberger diet on local pellagrins. Dr. Spies' experiments in Birmingham proved successful, and he remained in Birmingham. He next used his clinic to test nicotinic acid as a treatment of pellagra. These studies led to the discovery that many pellagri...

De Kuif, Paul.

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