Mosquito soldiers
Subtitle: malaria, yellow fever, and the course of the American Civil War
By: Andrew McIlwaine Bell
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780807135617
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-179) and index.