Another disease was pellagra, which I understand was caused by a niacin deficiency, and was often found in people whose diet consisted mainly of corn. My grandmother died of it in 1913. Jody Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: RE: [TXFANNIN-L] mostly offtopic > Also a lack of FOLIC ACID has been a cause of many neural related diseases. > If you find an area like the valley that has deficiencies in the soil or > crops, this may be another cause of these types of illnesses. Treatable by a > simple method. However there are all sorts of other causes, this is just > submitted as a possible help. > John Philip Adams