Mosquito Soldiers : Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War.
Title:
Mosquito Soldiers : Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War.
Author:
Bell, Andrew McIlwaine.
ISBN:
9780807137376
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (183 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- {1}: Aedes, Anopheles, and the Scourges of the South -- {2}: The Glory of Gangrene and "Gallinippers" -- {3}: Mosquito Coasts -- {4}: "The Land of Flowers, Magnolias, and Chills" -- {5}: "The Pestilent Marshes of the Peninsula" -- {6}: "The Roughest Times Any Set of Soldiers Ever Encountered" -- {7}: Biological Warfare -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies---malaria and yellow fever---on the major political and military events of the 1860s, revealing how deadly microorganisms carried by a tiny insect helped shape the course of the Civil War.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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