The secret of the yellow death : a true story of medical sleuthing /
by Suzanne Jurmain.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
- 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101) and index.
Meeting the monster -- "Feeding the fishes" -- Plans -- Going nowhere -- The first clue? -- Bugs -- "I have no such thing" -- Delirious? -- "Did the mosquito do it?" -- "Doctor, are you sick?"-- Sorting it out -- Problems -- "We are doing it for medical science" -- Testing times -- More bugs -- Celebration.
Tells the story of the doctors and researchers who worked to track down the cause of yellow fever and find a way to eliminate the disease.
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