Download or read book Yellow Fever written by Brian Shmaefsky and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caused by a virus that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, yellow fever gets its name for the jaundice it causes its victims. This hemorrhagic illness has plagued humans throughout history, and before the development of a yellow fever vaccine, the mortality rate from this disease was high. Tropical nations now prevent epidemic yellow fever levels through vaccination, and travelers to these areas are advised to take precautions. Yellow Fever explores both the historical and epidemiological aspects of this disease. Colorful photographs, maps, and illustrations provide important explanations of various aspects of yellow fever, and information on vaccination, treatment, prevention, and up-to-date statistics on worldwide incidences are provided. Chapters include:
Download or read book Yellow Fever written by Holly Cefrey and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the history and effects of yellow fever, describes how the disease spreads, and offers information about the treatments and threats in the modern world.
Download or read book Discovery of Yellow Fever Germ written by John Charles Smith and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the trail of the yellow fever germ written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Germ of Yellow Fever written by Charles Smart and published by . This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yellow Fever written by S.L. Kotar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terror of yellow fever conjures images of mass infection of soldiers during the Spanish-American War and horrific death tolls among workers on the Panama Canal. Medical science has never found a cure and the disease continues to present a threat to the modern world, both as a mosquito-borne epidemic and as a potential biological weapon. Drawing on firsthand accounts and contemporary sources, this book traces the history of the viral infection that has claimed countless victims across the United States, Central America and Africa, and of the global effort to combat this challenging and deadly disease.
Download or read book Yellow Fever and the South written by Margaret Humphreys and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1999-05-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow fever plagued the American South. It stalked the region's steaming cities, killing its victims with overwhelming hepatitis and hemorrhage. Margaret Humphreys explores the ways in which this tropical disease hampered commerce, frustrated the scientific community, and eventually galvanized local and federal authorities into forming public health boards. She pays particular attention to the various theories for containing the disease and the constant tension between state and federal officials over how public funds should be spent. Her research recovers the specific concerns of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South, broadening our understanding of the evolution of preventive medicine in the United States.
Download or read book Report on the etiology and prevention of yellow fever written by George Miller Sternberg and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Yellow fever germ on coast and island written by Henry Fraser Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A history of yellow fever written by W.L. Coleman and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1898 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yellow Fever written by James L. Dickerson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using personal tales, diary extracts and anecdotes, [Dickerson] paints a vivid picture of the full horrors of a disease that struck indiscriminately....he has written personal accounts of the great US epidemics and humanity's fight to overcome the virus....this slender volume makes pleasant reading. -Times Literary Supplement[A] well-written history of the yellow fever epidemics that ravaged Philadelphia, New Orleans and other locales from the late 1700s through the 19th century....As interesting as the medical tale are the social aspects, such as the role of the city's blacks, who believed they were immune to yellow fever, in treating its victims....Dickerson suggests that yellow fever is a prime candidate for use as a biological weapon, and he considers disturbing evidence that global warming could bring a resurgence of the virus in North America. -Publishers WeeklyYellow fever is unlikely to be found on a list of potential health threats facing Americans today. Most people, if they have heard of the disease at all, would consider it a historical curiosity from a bygone era. In this fascinating study of a once-terrifying pandemic, author James L. Dickerson makes it clear that the disease could reemerge with deadly virulence.In a vividly told narrative, filled with poignant and graphic scenes culled from historical archives, Dickerson recounts the history of one of the most feared diseases in the United States. From the late 18th to the early 20th century, yellow fever killed Americans by the tens of thousands in the Northeast and throughout the South. In Memphis alone, five thousand people died in 1878.Dickerson describes how public health officials gradually eliminated the disease from this country, so that by the mid 1950s it had ceased to be of much concern to the public at large. However, to this day no cure has been found. As a mosquito-borne viral infection, yellow fever is impervious to antibiotics, and it continues to wreak havoc in parts of South America and Africa.Focusing on the present, Dickerson discusses the potential threat of yellow fever as a biological warfare agent in the hands of terrorists. Also of concern to public health researchers is the effect of global warming on mosquito populations. Even a one-to-two degree warming enables disease-bearing mosquitoes to move into areas once protected by colder weather. He concludes with a discussion of current precautionary efforts based on interviews with experts and analysis of available studies.Both absorbing history and a timely wake-up call for the present, Yellow Fever is fascinating and important reading.FURTHER PRAISE FOR YELLOW FEVER:Beginning with a smoothly written history of yellow fever in the United States followed by the eventual discovery of its cause, Dickerson then lays out the sobering scenario for its reemergence both naturally and as a weapon.... It is sobering to realize there still is no cure for this ancient scourge and vaccinations are not fool proof or without risk. This is a serious wake-up call that needs to be read by anyone with an interest in public safety. -Monsters and Critics.com[Dickerson's skills as a journalist make this book a good read for a nonscientific audience....still, there are a number of sections that will be of interest to physicians and scientists. -Journal of Clinical InvestigationJames L. Dickerson, an award-winning journalist and a former social worker, has published twenty nonfiction books and numerous health-related articles for magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Omni. His books include Dixie's Dirty Secret, an investigative account of civil rights abuses in the 1950s and 1960s.
Download or read book An Essay on the Disease Called Yellow Fever written by Edward Nathaniel Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yellow fever a nautical disease written by John Gamgee and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yellow Fever Black Goddess written by Christopher Wills and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-08-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yellow Fever, Black Goddess turns the tables on past accounts, focusing not on the microbe hunters but on the microbes themselves, putting these exotic life-forms at center stage, telling their story as they fight to live at the very edge of the possible. Humans acknowledge the existence of our planet's primitive coinhabitants only when they do their worst - emerging to strike down whole populations through rampaging epidemics. But in fact, the protozoa, bacteria, and viruses that cause such diseases as yellow fever and cholera - which is symbolized by the black goddess - lead complex lives in their own right, struggling ever further out on their evolutionary limbs." "In order to deal with these microbes we must understand the entire evolutionary environment in which they function - from tropical breeding grounds to the resistant temperate zones, from insect viruses to human plagues - and through this alone can we hope to control them. By giving these organisms their due in this remarkable account, Christopher Wills points the way toward gaining that mastery."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book An Account of the Yellow Fever which Occurred in the City of New York in the Year 1822 written by James Hardie and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy written by H. Leon Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would risk his own life and career to bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. To carry out his mission, he would need some accomplices. Tracing the plans and movements of the conspirators, this thoroughly researched history describes in detail the yellow fever plot of 1864-1865.
Download or read book Condensed History of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 written by Peter Murtough and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
