About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Good. 0471472611 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. has previous owners name blacked out. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2005-05-30
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Wiley New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 238 by 165 mm. A remarkable medical adventure story of bravery, tragedy, and discovery in 1900, after of the spanish-american war, major walter reed led a medical team to cuba to investigate yellow fever, a deadly scourge that had long devastated the southeastern u.s. and caribbean. his team of army doctors went on to make one of the twentieth century's greatest medical discoveries when it proved that mosquitoes were the only mode of transmission of this awful and mysterious ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
Description: VG/VG. 0471472611. Hardcover first edition signed by Pierce and inscribed to previous owner. Covers and contents clean, bright. DJ crisp with very slight shelfwear (no tears).; read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471472612ISBN:0471472611
Description: 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... read more
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