The malaria project : the U.S. government's secret mission to find a miracle cure / Karen M. Masterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masterson, Karen, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malaria--United States--History.

Malaria.

Antimalarials--United States--History.

Antimalarials.

Chloroquine--History.

Chloroquine.

Human experimentation in medicine--United States.

Human experimentation in medicine.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New American Library, [2014]

Summary:

A fascinating and shocking historical exposé, The Malaria Project is the story of America's secret mission to combat malaria during World War II--a campaign modeled after a German project which tested experimental drugs on men gone mad from syphilis.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Lowell T. Coggeshall 23

Chapter 2 Fever Therapy 33

Chapter 3 Making of a Malaria Warrior 42

Chapter 4 From Insects to Medicine 56

Chapter 5 A Nobel Prize 60

Chapter 6 Divided Loyalties 68

Chapter 7 Germany and Magic Bullets 74

Chapter 8 Eradication 88

Chapter 9 Claus Schilling 96

Chapter 10 A New Plan 106

Chapter 11 Africa 120

Chapter 12 Bataan 130

Chapter 13 War on Mosquitoes 136

Chapter 14 Guadalcanal 147

Chapter 15 A Malaria Manhattan Project 156

Chapter 16 Better to Be Yellow 164

Chapter 17 The Other Side 176

Chapter 18 Taking Tunis 188

Chapter 19 Mosquito Brigades 193

Chapter 20 The Jump 206

Chapter 21 Malaria and the Madmen 217

Chapter 22 The Convicts 228

Chapter 23 Supply and Demand 233

Chapter 24 Whoville 248

Chapter 25 The Breakthrough 255

Chapter 26 Stateville 266

Chapter 27 Taking Command 284

Chapter 28 Klamath Falls 292

Chapter 29 Victory of Sorts 307

Chapter 30 A Miracle of Sorts 320.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.

ISBN:

9780451467324

0451467329

OCLC:

879769489