Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America & Walter Reed Discovered Its Deadly Secrets

Pierce John & Jim Writer

ISBN 10: 0471472611 / ISBN 13: 9780471472612

Edité par John Wiley New York 2005, 2005

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24.0 x 16.0cms 278pp very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book traces the history of a deadly scourge from its first appearance in the Caribbean (c 1650) through to the exploits of the US Army Yellow Fever Board (c1900).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America & Walter Reed Discovered Its Deadly Secrets
• Éditeur: John Wiley New York 2005
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0471472611
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780471472612
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

The end of a scourge

"The prayer that has been mine for twenty years, that I might be permitted in some way or some time to do something to alleviate human suffering, has been answered!"
--Major Walter Reed, writing to his wife, New Year's Eve, 1900

As he wrote to his wife of his stunning success in the mission to identify the cause of yellow fever and find a way to eradicate the disease, Walter Reed had answered the prayers of millions. For more than 250 years, the yellow jack had ravaged the Americas, bringing death to millions and striking panic in entire populations. The very mention of its presence in a city or town produced instant chaos as thousands fled in terror, leaving the frail, the weak, and the ill to fend for themselves.

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. Risking everything for the cause of science and humanity, Reed and his teammates on the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board invaded the heart of enemy territory in Cuba to pursue the disease--and made one of the twentieth century's greatest medical discoveries. This thrilling adventure tells the timeless tale of their courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the face of adversity.

À propos de l?auteur

JOHN R. PIERCE, M.D. (Col. MC, U.S. Army, Ret.), wrote the series of articles on which this book is based for Stripe, a publication for Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) personnel and included on dcmilitary.com, a Web site for military personnel in the Washington, D.C., area. Pierce recently retired after thirty years of active duty, a significant portion of that spent at WRAMC. With Pierce, JIM WRITER coedited a supplement to the journal Military Medicine on the 1900 Yellow Fever Board.