Yellow Jack by John R Pierce
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.
"A fascinating examination of how science works in the real worldThis book may inspire future Walter Reeds to solve tomorrow's medical mysteries." (Journal of College Science Teaching)
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 that spent at WRAMC. With Pierce, JIM WRITER coedited a supplement to the journal Military Medicine on the 1900 Yellow Fever Board.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471472612 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471472611 |
| Title | Yellow Jack |
| Author | John R Pierce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Year published | 2005-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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