Research Catalog
Yellow jack : how yellow fever ravaged America and Walter Reed discovered its deadly secrets / John R. Pierce, Jim Writer.
- Title
- Yellow jack : how yellow fever ravaged America and Walter Reed discovered its deadly secrets / John R. Pierce, Jim Writer.
- Author
- Pierce, John R., 1947-
- Publication
- Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2005.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RA644.Y4 R447 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Writer, Jim, 1958-
- Description
- ix, 278 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Yellow Jack tracks the history of this deadly scourge from its earliest appearance in the Caribbean 350 years ago, telling the compelling story of a few extraordinarily brave souls who struggled to understand and eradicate yellow fever.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-270) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: the forgotten scourge -- Yellow fever comes to America -- The capital under siege -- Nothing but a yellow fever -- Yellow fever moves south -- The nation threatened -- Yellow fever's odd couple -- Walter Reed -- Spanish bullets and yellow fever -- The opportunity of a lifetime -- "A soldier's chances" -- Putting it all together -- Affirmation -- Presentation -- Recognition -- Historic application -- Yellow fever after Walter Reed -- Epilogue: After Cuba -- Afterword: Yellow fever today.
- ISBN
- 0471472611 (cloth)
- LCCN
- ^^2004013845
- OCLC
- 55671399
- SCSB-9970724
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library