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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 InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxiv, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-179) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN 2009027446
ISBN9780807135617 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807135615 (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