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The American Plague
- Author
- Molly Caldwell Crosby
- Narrator
- Paul Woodson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 5 December 2017
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country-and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.
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Details
- Author
- Molly Caldwell Crosby
- Narrator
- Paul Woodson
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 December 2017
- ISBN
- 9781541482395
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Popular medicine and health, History of the Americas, Medicine: general issues, Coping with illness and specific health conditions, Infectious and contagious diseases, History of medicine, History
Synopsis
Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined. In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country-and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With "arresting tales of heroism," it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.
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