Title |
Yellow jack : : how yellow fever ravaged America and Walter Reed discovered its deadly secrets
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Names |
Pierce, John R.
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Writer, Jim.
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Writer, Jim, 1958-
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Book Number |
BR017082
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Volume 3.
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Annotation |
Traces yellow fever's history and impact in America since the seventeenth century. Chronicles the efforts of army major and physician Walter Reed and the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board beginning in 1900 to research the cause, spread, and control of this acute viral hemorrhagic disease and ultimately banish it. 2005.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Medicine & Health - MED
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Medicine - Specific Conditions - MES
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History, United States - HUS
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Braille Book Review, Nov-Dec 2007 - B607
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Audience Notes |
A
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LC Subject |
Yellow fever - History
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Call Number |
614.5410973 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2005
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2005 (Braille International, Inc., transcribing agency. Braille International, Inc., distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Reproduction of: Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2005.
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