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A Way in the Wilderness (1940) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 11 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Fred Zinnemann
- Starring
- Shepperd Strudwick, Edward Hearn, John Nesbitt, Barbara Bedford, Wally Maher
The segment follows Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874‑1929), a Hungarian‑born physician who devoted his career to uncovering the cause of pellagra, a devastating disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the American South. While many doctors blamed a virus, Goldberger’s experiments showed that a proper diet—especially foods rich in niacin—could prevent and cure the illness.
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