To Cast Out Disease : A History of the International Health Division of Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951).
Title:
To Cast Out Disease : A History of the International Health Division of Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951).
Author:
Farley, John.
ISBN:
9780199749089
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1. Introduction -- I: Rose's Vision -- 2. The First Stage: Means to an End -- 3. Tuberculosis in France (1917-1924) -- II: Disease Eradication -- 4. The First Hookworm Campaigns (1913-1920) -- 5. Retreat from Hookworm (1920-1930) -- 6. Yellow Fever: From Coast to Jungle -- 7. Malaria: Killing Mosquitoes and Anophelines (1915-1935) -- 8. World War II: DDT, Typhus, and Malaria -- 9. Malaria: The Ultimate Kill -- III: A Research Program -- 10. Reorganization and Research Laboratories (1928-1940) -- 11. Yellow Fever Vaccines: A Slap in the Face -- 12. Diseases for Research -- IV: Training the Experts -- 13. Frustrations in Sao Paulo -- The Wrong Step in Rio -- 14. Northern Lights: London and Toronto -- 15. Rough Seas: Prague, Rome, Tokyo, and Calcutta -- V: Finale -- 16. Postwar Confusion: What to Do Next? -- 17. Conclusion: Swinging Pendulums -- Glossary of Names -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
Abstract:
This is the first history of the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division (1913-1951), which was one of the most important public health agencies of the 20th century, a precursor of the World Health Organization. Based on extensive primary research, the book is enlivened with character sketches and descriptions of the conflicts among the "medical barons" who ran the division as they attempted to eradicate many serious diseases and to set up schools of public health and nursing around the world.
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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