The American plague : the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history /
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| Author / Creator: | Crosby, Molly Caldwell. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Berkley Books, 2006. |
| Description: | viii, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6121185 |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue : a house boarded shut
- Pt. 1. The American plague
- Pt. 2. Memphis, 1878
- Ch. 1. Carnival
- Ch. 2. Bright canary yellow
- Ch. 3. The doctors
- Ch. 4. A city of corpses
- Ch. 5. The destroying angel
- Ch. 6. Greatly exaggerated
- Ch. 7. The Havana commission
- Ch. 8. Reparations
- Pt. 3. Cuba, 1900
- Ch. 9. A splendid little war
- Ch. 10. Siboney
- Ch. 11. An unlikely hero
- Ch. 12. A meeting of minds
- Ch. 13. The yellow fever commission
- Ch. 14. Insects
- Ch. 15. Vivisection
- Ch. 16. Did the mosquito do it?
- Ch. 17. Guinea pig no. 1
- Ch. 18. Camp Lazear
- Ch. 19. A new century
- Ch. 20. Blood
- Ch. 21. The etiology of yellow fever
- Ch. 22. Retribution
- Ch. 23. The mosquito
- Pt. 4. United States, present day
- Ch. 24. Epidemic
- Ch. 25. A return to Africa
- Ch. 26. The vaccine
- Ch. 27. History repeats itself
- Epilogue : Elmwood.
