title: Vitamin B-12, megaloblastic madness, and the founding of Duke University.
abstract: When James D. Duke died in 1925, he had left $19 million to build Duke University. He died from pernicious anemia, a vitamin B-12 deficiency. The author gives evidence that Duke made his gift when he was brain damaged and depressed from a vitamin B-12 deficiency, that he donated the money in an attempt to relieve guilt feelings.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Newbold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009657:North Carolina; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*