Photography Credits

NIH physician Dr. Joseph Goldberger's discovery of the cause for pellagra, a disease, resulting from a diet deficient in vitamin B, that killed many poor Southerners in the early part of the 20th century. Photo reproduced with permission of the Joseph Goldberger family .

Small boy, courtesy of the National Library of Medicine; Man, reproduced with permission of the Waring Historical Library of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Dr. Joseph Goldberger, reproduced with permission of the Southern Historical Collection, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Bellvue Hospital Staff, reproduced with permission of the Southern Historical Collection, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ;

Mary Farrar Goldberger, reproduced with permission of the Joseph Goldberger family.

Dr. Joseph Goldbeger seated at a table in a hospital. Photo reproduced with permission of the Joseph Goldberger family.

Woman suffering Pellagra. Photo reproduced with permission of the Waring Historical Library of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Dr. Joseph Golberger with three of his four children; Reproduced with permission of the Joseph Goldberger family

During World War II, the Merchant Marine named ships after famous Americans. One ship was named after Dr. Joseph Goldberger; Reproduced with permission of the Joseph Goldberger family.