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Yellow Jack
John R. Pierce
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Description for Yellow Jack
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471472612
SKU
V9780471472612
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99-50
About John R. Pierce
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Yellow Jack
"A fascinating examination of how science works in the real world. This book may inspire future Walter Reeds to solve tomorrow's medical mysteries." (Journal of College Science Teaching)