The American plague : the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history

The American plague the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crosby, Molly Caldwell (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berkley Books cop. 2006.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Fiebre amarilla > Historia.
Fiebre amarilla > Memphis (Tennessee) > Historia.
Epidemias > Estados Unidos > Historia.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: The American plague
  • II: Memphis, 1878
  • Carnival
  • Bright canary yellow
  • The doctors
  • A city of corpses
  • The destroying angel
  • Greatly exaggerated
  • The Havana commission
  • Reparations
  • III: Cuba, 1900
  • A splendid little war
  • Siboney
  • An unlikely hero
  • A meeting of minds
  • The yellow fever commission
  • Insects
  • Vivisection
  • Did the mosquito do it?
  • Guinea pig no. 1
  • Camp Lazear
  • A new century
  • Blood
  • The etiology of yellow fever
  • Retribution
  • The mosquito
  • IV: United States, present day
  • Epidemic
  • A return to Africa
  • The vaccine
  • History repeats itself
  • Elmwood.

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