Show h S VITAMINS AND j fl PELLAGRA V After Arter the floods in tile Mississippi l T valley a disease known as pellagra fy i t. t appeared adding to the distress ss of o I 5 1 v the tho victims of the deluge delugeS De De- Describing I De-I scribing g the disease an expert says saya there Is a 4 typical eruption on tho the theS 1 S S skin associated with a loss of P tf strength indigestion md nervousness i- i dizziness vertigo o headache he and a 0 t burned or scalded feeling of the i ii mouth and tongue In a small percentage of ot the cases the mind is disturbed sufficiently to demand asylum care but the the exact rela rela- relationship relationship of oC the mental disturbance to tho the disease has not been ac accurately acS S c determined 1 5 S S As Dr Joseph Goldberger ot of the United States Public Health ser service 1 vice emphasizes In a recent con con- consideration i ot of tho the subject the dis disease dis- dis disease ease Is rarely seen In persons who 5 eat much meat or who drink dr fresh milk regularly The disease may 5 S occur in anyone but tho the poor are areS the chief sufferers When the cost k S of r f food Increases Inc s greatly the In Incidence InS Incidence S ot this disease rises rap rap- rapIdly rapIdly Idly I Investigations made in many places lend Increasing support to toS S the opinion that pellagra Is the tho theS S re result ot of living on an unbalanced S. S diet and that people who eat a af aIS balanced well and l varied IS f mixed an diet do not have the disease The diet ot of the rural population S S bt af t ill ill- made up mostly ot of cornmeal hOminy grits flour Wt rice dried beans salt pork Ie sorghum or cane ne ne molasses mola ses and col col- collards colS col'S collards lards op oi greens Apparently 5 S 5 there tIters Is in It too little ot of some im lS vitamin to prevent the ap ap- appearance ap- ap apS S of ot pellagra S S This vitamin Is believed to be be beis is S S present in nearly Dearl it ft not Dot quite all allI the oils and I natural foods except fats fata I tf 1 Milk link Is one oeo ot of the most valuable 5 5 5 foods for the prevention of oC pellagra but when lean meat yeast east vegetables and fruits are 5 not in the diet at least a quart of ot milk must be taken every day dayto to provide e an adequate amount of ot otI I vitamin The rhe yolk olk of oC the egg con conS contains conSS tabs good deal ot of the S a a. preventive tive th-e substance Such vegetables as potatoes turnips string beans 5 tomatoes cabbage and spinach as aswell well Wel the as-the a the fruits contain the vit nt vitamin amin but hut In relatively small amounts |