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245 14 a| The fantastic laboratory of Dr. Weigl :b| how two brave scientists battled typhus and sabotaged the Nazis /c| Arthur Allen.;

246 30 a| How two brave scientists battled typhus and sabotaged the Nazis;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| W.W. Norton & Company,c| [2014];

300 a| viii, 384 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-358) and index.;

505 0 a| Lice, war, typhus, madness -- City on the edge of time -- The louse feeders -- The Nazi doctors and the shape of things to come -- War and epidemics -- Parasites -- The fantastic laboratory of Dr. Wiegl [sic] -- Armies of winter -- The terrifying clinic of Dr. Ding -- "Paradise" at Auschwitz -- Buchenwald : rabbit stew and fake vaccine -- Imperfect justice.;

520 a| The story of "Jewish prisoner-scientists in Buchenwald who made a vaccine against ... typhus. Their untold secret: they provided the real vaccine to camp inmates but a fake one to German troops at the eastern front"--Dust jacket back.;

520 a| Describes the true story of how the eccentric Polish scientist tasked by the Nazis to create a typhus vaccine hid the intelligentsia from the Gestapo by hiring them to work in his laboratory.;

600 10 a| Weigl, Rudolf,d| 1883-1957.=| ^A1264438;

600 10 a| Fleck, Ludwik,d| 1896-1961.=| ^A11691;

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650 0 a| Scientistsz| Polandv| Biography.=| ^A13294;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945x| Underground movementsz| Poland.=| ^A1114391;

650 0 a| Anti-Nazi movementz| Poland.=| ^A19530;

650 12 a| Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Bornex| historyz| Poland.=| ^A922381;

650 22 a| Dissent and Disputesx| historyz| Poland.=| ^A1205201;

650 22 a| Holocaustx| historyz| Poland.=| ^A1037511;

650 22 a| National Socialismx| historyz| Poland.=| ^A1205144;

650 22 a| Nontherapeutic Human Experimentationx| historyz| Poland.=| ^A1123488;

650 22 a| World War IIz| Poland.=| ^A942982;

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The fantastic laboratory of Dr. Weigl : how two brave scientists battled typhus and sabotaged the Nazis / Arthur Allen.

Author/creator	Allen, Arthur, 1959-
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Copyright Date	©2014
Description	viii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Weigl, Rudolf, 1883-1957. Fleck, Ludwik, 1896-1961. Typhus fever--Poland. --History. Scientists--Poland. --Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. --Poland. Anti-Nazi movement--Poland. Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne--history. --Poland. Dissent and Disputes--history. --Poland. Holocaust--history. --Poland. National Socialism--history. --Poland. Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history. --Poland. World War II--Poland.

Portion of title	How two brave scientists battled typhus and sabotaged the Nazis
Contents	Lice, war, typhus, madness -- City on the edge of time -- The louse feeders -- The Nazi doctors and the shape of things to come -- War and epidemics -- Parasites -- The fantastic laboratory of Dr. Wiegl [sic] -- Armies of winter -- The terrifying clinic of Dr. Ding -- "Paradise" at Auschwitz -- Buchenwald : rabbit stew and fake vaccine -- Imperfect justice.
Abstract	The story of "Jewish prisoner-scientists in Buchenwald who made a vaccine against ... typhus. Their untold secret: they provided the real vaccine to camp inmates but a fake one to German troops at the eastern front"--Dust jacket back.
Abstract	Describes the true story of how the eccentric Polish scientist tasked by the Nazis to create a typhus vaccine hid the intelligentsia from the Gestapo by hiring them to work in his laboratory.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-358) and index.
LCCN	2014003246
ISBN	9780393081015
ISBN	039308101X

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