The conquest of malaria : Italy, 1900-1962 /

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At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy's major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Ita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snowden, Frank M. (Frank Martin), 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Temas:
1900-1999
Malaria > Italy > History > 20th century.
Malaria > Treatment > Italy > History > 20th century.
Mosquitoes > Control > Italy > History > 20th century.
Malaria > history
Malaria > prevention & control
Antimalarials > history
Antimalarials > therapeutic use
History, 20th Century
Mosquito Control > history
Paludisme > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Paludisme > Traitement > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Moustiques > Lutte contre > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > History.
Malaria
Malaria > Treatment
Mosquitoes > Control
Italy
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Malaria: the "Italian National Disease"
  • From miasma to mosquito: the Rome school of malariology
  • A nation mobilizes
  • From quinine to women's rights: hopes, illusions, and victories
  • The first world war and epidemic disease
  • Fascism, racism, and littoria
  • Creating disaster: nazism and bioterror in the pontine marshes
  • Fighting disaster: DDT and old weapons.

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