Mosquito Soldiers

Mosquito Soldiers
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9780807137376
ISBN-13 : 0807137375
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Book Synopsis Mosquito Soldiers by : Andrew McIlwaine Bell

Download or read book Mosquito Soldiers written by Andrew McIlwaine Bell and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies---malaria and yellow fever---on the major political and military events of the 1860s, revealing how deadly microorganisms carried by a tiny insect helped shape the course of the Civil War.


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