Captain of Death by Thomas M Daniel

Captain of Death by Thomas M Daniel

A comprehensive examination of TB. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award 1998.

Daniel's Captain of Death: The Story of Tuberculosis gives a fine introduction to the fascinating history of the disease, told in an unusually friendly mannerDaniel successfully communicates his love of the subject. . . and his literary style will pull the reader along effortlessly. Daniel's profound commitment to his subject is apparent. * NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, Oct. 1998 *
Entertaining and instructive. . . the book [is] readily accessible to the lay public. * SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL TIMES *
Daniel's description of the modern accounts of the bio-medical response to the disease is the most compelling part of the story. * AMERICAN J. OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, Vol. 11 *
The clarity and intelligence with which Daniel deploys his scientific knowledge to make the science of tuberculosis accessible to the general reader make this book both enjoyable and instructive. * MEDICAL HISTORY *
This beautifully written and thoroughly researched monograph. . . traces the history of TB from prehistory through today. It is both synoptic and chronologic in approach, and always logical and readable. * CHOICE, June 1998 *

THOMAS M. DANIEL is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and International Health at Case Western Reserve University./e A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he spent all of his professional career at Case Western Reserve University and its affiliated University and Veteran's Administration Hospitals. Dr. Daniel practiced clinical pulmonary medicine and directed a research program investigating the immunology of granulomatous diseases, including histoplasmosis. He was named a Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine in 1967.

GERALD L. BAUM is Medical Director of the Israeli Lung Association in Tel Aviv./e He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1947. After training in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine in New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati, he began work in mycology with Dr. Jan Schwartz. He has remained interested in this area since that time. He served as Director of the Pulmonary Division of the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Cincinnati. Subsequently, he moved to Cleveland to assume the directorship of the Pulmonary Section of the Cleveland Veteran's Administration Hospital and to join the faculty of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He served as Director of the Pulmonary Disease Service, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Professor of Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, until retirement in 1991.

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ISBN 13	9781580460705
ISBN 10	1580460704
Title	Captain of Death
Author	Thomas M Daniel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Year published	1999-05-20
Number of pages	303
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