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To cast out disease : a history of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951) / / John Farley



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Autore: Farley John <1936-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: To cast out disease : a history of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951) / / John Farley Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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