Yellow jack : how yellow fever ravaged America and Walter Reed discovered its deadly secrets /
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| Author / Creator: | Pierce, John R., 1947- |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2005. |
| Description: | ix, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5622541 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Forgotten Scourge
- 1. Yellow Fever Comes to America
- 2. The Capital Under Siege
- 3. Nothing but a Yellow Fever
- 4. Yellow Fever Moves South
- 5. The Nation Threatened
- 6. Yellow Fever's Odd Couple
- 7. Walter Reed
- 8. Spanish Bullets and Yellow Fever
- 9. The Opportunity of a Lifetime
- 10. "A Soldier's Chances"
- 11. Putting It All Together
- 12. Affirmation
- 13. Presentation
- 14. Recognition
- 15. Historic Application
- 16. Yellow Fever after Walter Reed
- Epilogue: After Cuba
- Afterword: Yellow Fever Toda
