Goldberger

[ gohld-bur-ger ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1874–1929, U.S. physician, born in Austria: discovered the cause of and treatment for pellagra.

Goldberger

/ gōld′bər-gər /

1. Hungarian-born American physician who investigated the cause and treatment of pellagra. He demonstrated that contrary to common belief, pellagra was not an infectious disease but a nutritional disorder caused by an unbalanced diet and cured by the addition of fresh milk, meat, or yeast.

Example Sentences

“In an era when almost any project can be held up for years by public hearings and reviews by community boards, community groups, civic groups, and planning commissions, not to mention the courts, it is hard not to feel a certain nostalgic tug for Moses’s method of building by decree,” the architecture critic Paul Goldberger wrote in 2007.

From Slate

Following Harrison’s death in 1981, the Aluminaire House was on the path to demolition before gaining the attention of New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger, whose 1987 article championed the timelessness of its principles, if not its aesthetics.

From Los Angeles Times

“There is nothing, at first glance, particularly appealing about the Aluminaire House,” Goldberger wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Following Harrison’s death in 1981, the Aluminaire House was on the path to demolition before gaining the attention of New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger, whose 1987 article championed the timelessness of its principles, if not its aesthetics.

From Los Angeles Times

“There is nothing, at first glance, particularly appealing about the Aluminaire House,” Goldberger wrote.

From Los Angeles Times