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War and disease

biomedical research on malaria in the twentieth century

By Leo Barney Slater

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Language

eng

Pages

249

Description:

Fighting around the globe, American soldiers were at high risk for contracting malaria, yet quinine - a natural cure - became hard to acquire. This historical study shows the roots and branches of an enormous drug development project during World War II.