Mosquito Soldiers : Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War /

Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies--malaria and yellow...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bell, Andrew McIlwaine, 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Yellow fever.
Soldiers > Diseases.
Mosquitoes as carriers of disease.
Malaria.
Moustiques (Vecteurs de maladies) > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Fievre jaune > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Paludisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Soldiers > Diseases > Confederate States of America > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Diseases > United States > History > 19th century.
Mosquitoes as carriers of disease > United States > History > 19th century.
Yellow fever > United States > History > 19th century.
Malaria > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Health aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • PREFACE; Introduction; 1. Aedes, Anopheles, and the Scourges of the South; 2. The Glory of Gangrene and "Gallinippers"; 3. Mosquito Coasts; 4. "The Land of Flowers, Magnolias, and Chills"; Illustrations; 5. "The Pestilent Marshes of the Peninsula"; 6. "The Roughest Times Any Set of Soldiers Ever Encountered"; 7. Biological Warfare; Epilogue; APPENDIX 1. Incidence of Mosquito-Borne Disease, 1861-1865; APPENDIX 2. Common Diagnoses among Union Troops, 1861-1866; APPENDIX 3. Civil War Chronology; NOTES; SELECTED BIBILOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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