Drama and discovery : the story of histoplasmosis / Thomas M. Daniel and Gerald L. Baum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniel, Thomas M., 1928-

Contributor:

Baum, Gerald L.

Series:

Contributions in medical studies 0886-8220 ; no. 48.

Contributions in medical studies, 0886-8220 ; no. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Histoplasmosis--History.

Histoplasmosis.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

1. All but One 1

2. In the Beginning 9

3. A Carpenter from Martinique, Samuel Taylor Darling, and Double Dose Discovery 21

4. The Bug, the Body, the Battle 37

5. Rare to Well Done: Rocks in the Lungs and Two Telltale Tests 57

6. Epidemics Are for the Birds

and Bats 77

7. More Than a Janus Disease 97

8. To Treat or Not to Treat 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-166) and indexes.

ISBN:

0313321620

OCLC:

47643295