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Farley, John, 1936-

To cast out disease : a history of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951) / John Farley. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (x, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The first stage: means to an end -- Ch. 3. Tuberculosis in France (1917-1924) -- Ch. 4. The first hookworm campaigns (1913-1920) -- Ch. 5. Retreat from hookworm (1920-1930) -- Ch. 6. Yellow Fever: from coast to jungle -- Ch. 7. Malaria: killing mosquitoes and anophelines (1915-1935) -- Ch. 8. World War II: DDT, typhus, and malaria -- Ch. 9. Malaria: the ultimate kill -- Ch. 10. Reorganization and research laboratories (1928-1940) -- Ch. 11. Yellow Fever vaccines: a slap in the face -- Ch. 12. Diseases for research -- Ch. 13. Frustrations in Sao Paulo; the wrong step in Rio -- Ch. 14. Northern lights: London and Toronto -- Ch. 15. Rough seas: Prague, Rome, Tokyo, and Calcutta -- Ch. 16. Postwar confusion: what to do next? -- Ch. 17. Conclusion: swinging pendulums.

ISBN: 9780199749089 (electronic bk.) 0199749086 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) (Cloth)

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LCCN: 2003048691

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Division.
Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Division.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Research--International cooperation.--United States
Public health--Research--International cooperation.--United States
Medicine--Research--History.
Research--International cooperation.--United States
Foundations--history
Public Health--history
Communicable Disease Control--history
History, 20th Century
International Cooperation--history
Research--history
Médecine--Recherche--Coopération internationale.--États-Unis
Santé publique--Recherche--Coopération internationale.--États-Unis
Médecine--Recherche--Histoire.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
MEDICAL--Research.
Medicine--Research.
Medicine--Research--International cooperation.
Public health--Research--International cooperation.
Research--International cooperation.
Electronic books.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: R852 / .F37 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 610/.7/2073

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2003 O-379 WA 11.1 / F231c 2004