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Autore: | Farley John <1936-> |
Titolo: | To cast out disease : a history of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951) / / John Farley |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina: | 610/.7/2073 |
Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Research - United States - International cooperation |
Public health - Research - United States - International cooperation | |
Medicine - Research - History | |
Research - United States - International cooperation | |
Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2003. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- I: Rose's Vision -- 2. The First Stage: Means to an End -- 3. Tuberculosis in France (1917-1924) -- II: Disease Eradication -- 4. The First Hookworm Campaigns (1913-1920) -- 5. Retreat from Hookworm (1920-1930) -- 6. Yellow Fever: From Coast to Jungle -- 7. Malaria: Killing Mosquitoes and Anophelines (1915-1935) -- 8. World War II: DDT, Typhus, and Malaria -- 9. Malaria: The Ultimate Kill -- III: A Research Program -- 10. Reorganization and Research Laboratories (1928-1940) -- 11. Yellow Fever Vaccines: A Slap in the Face -- 12. Diseases for Research -- IV: Training the Experts -- 13. Frustrations in Sao Paulo -- The Wrong Step in Rio -- 14. Northern Lights: London and Toronto -- 15. Rough Seas: Prague, Rome, Tokyo, and Calcutta -- V: Finale -- 16. Postwar Confusion: What to Do Next? -- 17. Conclusion: Swinging Pendulums -- Glossary of Names -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Based on letters, reports and photographs that the author uncovered in the Rockefeller Archives, this text details the history of one of the most important public health agencies of the 20th century and the most powerful branch of the Rockefeller Foundation - the International Health Division. |
Titolo autorizzato: | To cast out disease |
ISBN: | 0-19-770904-4 |
1-280-84070-6 | |
0-19-974908-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813634903321 |
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