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The secret of the yellow death : a true story of medical sleuthing
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The secret of the yellow death : a true story of medical sleuthing

Author: Suzanne Jurmain
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile Literature
Juvenile literature
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Suzanne Jurmain
ISBN: 9780618965816 0618965815
OCLC Number: 308199301
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
Description: 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: by Suzanne Jurmain.

Abstract:

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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