He experiment prisioners, first he give him incorrect diet without nutritive foods and he checked that Pellagra appear. when he give to prisioners good diet with eggs, meat (nutrituve diet) pellagra disappear.
To test his hypothesis, Goldberger experimented on prisoners at the Rankin State Prison Farm in Mississippi. He gave them the diet of the southern poor in order to see if they would eventually get Pellagra. Once they got Pellagra, he gave them nutritious food again to see if they would get better and their health improved completely.
The governor of Mississippi gives him an opportunity to test his theory by experimenting on prisoners at the Rankin penal farm. First, he's going to make some men sick by feeding them with the diet of southern poor (only cornmeal, cornbread, rice, fatback and syrup, no vegetables, eggs or decent meat). Goldberger had exactly six months to prove his case.
At first they did not get sick with pellarga. But after a while, they all got sick. The doctor put them on a better diet and by the time their left, their health had improved completely. So he concluded that a simple change of diet could save thousands from the misery of pellagra.
He decided to experiment with a group of prisoners to prove that his hipothesis (pellagra caused by a poor diet) was true. Goldberger fed the prisoners during six months with a poor diet based on corn and finally they developed Pellagra. After that the prisoners were fed with an appropriate and healthy diet and they got recovered from the ilness.
For proving his hipotesis he carried out an eating experiment in a prison of Mississippi. This experiment consisted in giving to the prisoners a corn based diet during 6 months, and submit meat and vegetales. In this way, when the time goes by, he will notice if his ideas were true. As a regard, prisoners will be free after the experiment.
Clearly, after months, prisoners start to have rashes in their body, which is the critical signal of Pellagra.
Goldberger thought that pellagra was caused by a poor diet (based on corn).
He experimented with a group of healthy prisoners. He fed them with the exact diet and they got pellagra. Then he fed them in an appropiate way and they recovered.
Goldberger suspected that pellagra was not an infectious disease, but a disease caused by a certain diet (a corn based diet).
To test his hipothesis, he conducted an experiment on prisioners of Mississipi. For six months the prisoners had a corn based diet (with no meat, vegetables, etc).
After some time, the prisioners got the disease, but when they returned to a normal diet the disease disapeard.
To test his theory, he made an experiment on prisoners on the Rankin State Prison Farm (Mississippi). His idea for the experiment was: “First i’m going to make some men sick, then i’m going to make them better”
He fed them the diet of the southern poor (based on corn pone, cheap cuts of pork, etc.) for 6 months, to prove his theory. Over time, the prisoners developed the disease, and by changing the diet, they were completely cured.
To add on to what my classmate said, I believe it is important to point out that, even before starting his research, Goldberger already had his suspicion that pellagra was a nutritional disease and not an infectious one. That let him carry out his study with a reduced group of people, without counting on the prison officers, since he knew that the origin of the pathology was in the prisoner's poor diet.
Well Goldberger perfumed a study in the prisoners of a penitentiary.
First he gave them a pour diet, with a giant lack of vitamins, proteins, minerals, etc.
The first part had the goal of seeing if the pellagra disease would appear, so that he could conclude that the origin of this disease was nutricional.
The second part, happened when the disease appeared and had the aim of treating it. After pellagra appeared, Goldberg changed the diet of the inmates, making it richer and with more vitamins, he them observed that the prisoners where getting better.
Goldberger used this experiment to test his hypothesis and to prove that the the pellagra disease is not an infectious diseases but a nutricional pathology.
He experiment prisioners, first he give him incorrect diet without nutritive foods and he checked that Pellagra appear. when he give to prisioners good diet with eggs, meat (nutrituve diet) pellagra disappear.
To test his hypothesis, Goldberger experimented on prisoners at the Rankin State Prison Farm in Mississippi. He gave them the diet of the southern poor in order to see if they would eventually get Pellagra. Once they got Pellagra, he gave them nutritious food again to see if they would get better and their health improved completely.
The governor of Mississippi gives him an opportunity to test his theory by experimenting on prisoners at the Rankin penal farm. First, he's going to make some men sick by feeding them with the diet of southern poor (only cornmeal, cornbread, rice, fatback and syrup, no vegetables, eggs or decent meat). Goldberger had exactly six months to prove his case.
At first they did not get sick with pellarga. But after a while, they all got sick. The doctor put them on a better diet and by the time their left, their health had improved completely. So he concluded that a simple change of diet could save thousands from the misery of pellagra.
He decided to experiment with a group of prisoners to prove that his hipothesis (pellagra caused by a poor diet) was true. Goldberger fed the prisoners during six months with a poor diet based on corn and finally they developed Pellagra. After that the prisoners were fed with an appropriate and healthy diet and they got recovered from the ilness.
For proving his hipotesis he carried out an eating experiment in a prison of Mississippi. This experiment consisted in giving to the prisoners a corn based diet during 6 months, and submit meat and vegetales. In this way, when the time goes by, he will notice if his ideas were true. As a regard, prisoners will be free after the experiment.
Clearly, after months, prisoners start to have rashes in their body, which is the critical signal of Pellagra.
Goldberger thought that pellagra was caused by a poor diet (based on corn).
He experimented with a group of healthy prisoners. He fed them with the exact diet and they got pellagra. Then he fed them in an appropiate way and they recovered.
Goldberger suspected that pellagra was not an infectious disease, but a disease caused by a certain diet (a corn based diet).
To test his hipothesis, he conducted an experiment on prisioners of Mississipi. For six months the prisoners had a corn based diet (with no meat, vegetables, etc).
After some time, the prisioners got the disease, but when they returned to a normal diet the disease disapeard.
Goldbeger´s theory was proven right.
To test his theory, he made an experiment on prisoners on the Rankin State Prison Farm (Mississippi). His idea for the experiment was: “First i’m going to make some men sick, then i’m going to make them better”
He fed them the diet of the southern poor (based on corn pone, cheap cuts of pork, etc.) for 6 months, to prove his theory. Over time, the prisoners developed the disease, and by changing the diet, they were completely cured.
So, indeed, this proved his theory.
To add on to what my classmate said, I believe it is important to point out that, even before starting his research, Goldberger already had his suspicion that pellagra was a nutritional disease and not an infectious one. That let him carry out his study with a reduced group of people, without counting on the prison officers, since he knew that the origin of the pathology was in the prisoner's poor diet.
Well Goldberger perfumed a study in the prisoners of a penitentiary.
First he gave them a pour diet, with a giant lack of vitamins, proteins, minerals, etc.
The first part had the goal of seeing if the pellagra disease would appear, so that he could conclude that the origin of this disease was nutricional.
The second part, happened when the disease appeared and had the aim of treating it. After pellagra appeared, Goldberg changed the diet of the inmates, making it richer and with more vitamins, he them observed that the prisoners where getting better.
Goldberger used this experiment to test his hypothesis and to prove that the the pellagra disease is not an infectious diseases but a nutricional pathology.