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The plague race : a tale of fear, science, and heroism / Edward Marriott.
- Title
- The plague race : a tale of fear, science, and heroism / Edward Marriott.
- Author
- Marriott, Edward, 1966-
- Publication
- London : Picador, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA644.P7 M27 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 275 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Edward Marriott tells the story of the moment when one brave scientist unlocked the enigma at the heart of the plague. A tense and frightening race was run by two rival scientists: the French Yersin - rough but intelligent - and the suave Kitasako - unscrupulous, popular - and just plain wrong.
- Subject
- China
- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Outbreaks > history
- History, 19th Century
- Hong Kong
- Kitazato, Shibasaburō, 1853-1931
- Kitazato, Shibasaburō
- Plague
- Plague > History > Hong Kong > 19th century
- Plague > History
- Plague > Hong Kong > History > 19th century
- Plague > history
- Yersin, Alexandre, 1863-1943
- Yersin, Alexandre
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0330483188
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library