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the untold story of yellow fever the epidemic that shaped our history
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The American plague

the untold story of yellow fever the epidemic that shaped our history
Molly Caldwell Crosby
Book - 2006

Traces the impact on American history of yellow fever from the mid-seventeenth century onward, examining in particular the near-destruction of Memphis from the disease and the efforts of four men to combat the deadly scourge.

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37413309910612 Available Non-fiction 614.541 CROSBY
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Main Author: Crosby, Molly Caldwell
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Books, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Yellow fever > History.
Yellow fever > Tennessee > Memphis > History.
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The American Plague
The untold story of yellow fever the epidemic that shaped our history
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by Crosby, Molly Caldwell
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505 0 |a pt. 1. The American plague. -- pt. 2. Memphis, 1878. -- Carnival -- Bright canary yellow -- The doctors -- A city of corpses -- The destroying angel -- Greatly exaggerated -- The Havana Commission -- Reparations -- pt. 3. Cuba, 1900. -- A splendid little war -- Siboney -- An unlikely hero -- A meeting of minds -- The Yellow Fever Commission -- Insects -- Vivisection -- Did the mosquito do it? -- Guinea pig no. 1 -- Camp Lazear -- A new century -- Blood -- The etiology of yellow fever -- Retribution -- The mosquito -- pt. 4. United States, present day. -- Epidemic -- A return to Africa -- The vaccine -- History repeats itself -- Epilogue : Elmwood. 
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