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The secret of the yellow death : a true story of medical sleuthing / by Suzanne Jurmain.

Jurmain, Suzanne. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618965815
  • ISBN: 9780618965816
  • Physical Description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 3 133654.
Subject:
Yellow fever > Juvenile literature.
Yellow fever > Diagnosis > Cuba > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Sneads Ferry Branch Library YA 614.541 JUR (Text) 36015001129739 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -