Mosquito soldiers : malaria, yellow fever, and the course of the American Civil War / Andrew McIlwaine Bell.
Author/creator |
Bell, Andrew McIlwaine, 1970- |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2010. |
Description | xiv, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Introduction -- Aedes, Anopheles, and the scourges of the South -- The glory of gangrene and "gallinippers" -- Mosquito coasts -- "The land of flowers, magnolias, and chills" -- "The pestilent marshes of the peninsula" -- "The roughest times any set of soldiers ever encountered" -- Biological warfare -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Incidence of mosquito-borne disease, 1861-1865 -- Appendix 2: Common diagnoses among Union troops, 1861-1866 -- Appendix 3: Civil War chronology. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-179) and index. |
Acquisitions source | Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection |
LCCN | 2009027446 |
ISBN | 9780807135617 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0807135615 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | E621 .B54 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
Laupus | Books - Stacks | WC 11 AA1 B433M 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |