| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Map on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The American plague. -- pt. 2. Memphis, 1878. -- Carnival -- Bright canary yellow -- The doctors -- A city of corpses -- The destroying angel -- Greatly exaggerated -- The Havana Commission -- Reparations -- pt. 3. 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 -- pt. 4. United States, present day. -- Epidemic -- A return to Africa -- The vaccine -- History repeats itself -- Epilogue : Elmwood. |
| Subject |
Yellow fever -- History.
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Yellow fever -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History.
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| ISBN |
0425212025 (alk. paper) |
|
9780425212028 (alk. paper) |
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