The Plague Killers - Untold Stories of Three Great Campaigns Against Disease
by Williams, Greer
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition (with "A" on copyright page) in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name is ink-stamped on front free endpaper, bottom text block page edges. Foreword by the author. 345 pages with Index + "About the Author." Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has several short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. At the beginning of the twentieth century, dedicated public health doctors and workers braved hardships and risked their lives in all parts of the world to fight against disease. Here is a vivid account of their triumphs, and occasional tragic failures. Here are the untold stories behind the battles against yellow fever, malaria, and hookworm, and against the hostility and suspicion this campaign aroused in the South. Greer Williams has drawn upon previously unpublished material in The Rockefeller Foundation archives. And, from interviews with the scientists involved, he has caught their personalities with insight and sympathy and drawn a compelling narrative of their quests..
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- Title
- The Plague Killers - Untold Stories of Three Great Campaigns Against Disease
- Author
- Williams, Greer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PLAGUES, HISTORY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, FIRST EDITION, GREER WILLIAMS, PANDEMIC
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- Medical/Health;
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