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War and disease : biomedical research on malaria in the twentieth century

Title
War and disease : biomedical research on malaria in the twentieth century / Leo B. Slater.
Author
Slater, Leo Barney, 1963-
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

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x, 249 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"In this historical study, Leo Slater explores the roots and branches of an enormous drug development project during World War II. Fighting around the globe. American soldiers were at high risk for contracting malaria, yet quinine - a natural cure - became harder to acquire. A U.S. government funded antimalarial program, initiated by the National Research Council, brought together diverse laboratories and specialists to provide the best drugs to the nation's military. This wartime research would deliver chloroquine - a wonder drug for the prevention and treatment of malaria - and a host of other chemotherapeutic insights."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Critical issues in health and medicine
Uniform Title
Critical issues in health and medicine.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-241) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Quinine and the Environment of Disease -- Ch. 2. Avian Malaria -- Ch. 3. New Drugs -- Ch. 4. Preparing for War -- Ch. 5. Cooperation and Coordination -- Ch. 6. Trust and Transition -- Ch. 7. Chloroquine, Wonder Drug -- Ch. 8. Lessons Learned.
ISBN
  • 9780813544380 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813544386 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008013961
OCLC
  • ocn217263392
  • 217263392
  • SCSB-8860486
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries