Ventures in world health
Subtitle: the memoirs of Fred Lowe Soper
By: edited by John Duffy
Contributors: Duffy, John, 1915-
Series: Scientific publication - Pan American Health Organization ; no. 355
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-; Health officers -- America -- Biography.; Yellow fever -- Prevention -- History.; Yellow fever -- America -- Prevention -- History.
Description: Fred Soper can best be described as a secular medical missionary. Appalled by sickness and disease, he was determined to do all in his power to eliminate its cause. In many respects he epitomizes the best of those American qualities of practicality, forthrightness, moral certainty, and an impelling urge to reform. Convinced of the righteousness of his cause, he brooked no interference. While he knew when to beat a stategic retreat, he unhestatingly fought with his superiors in the Foundation, in the military, and with presidents, diplomats, and ranking government officials in the many countries in which he worked. At the same time, he had an unusual sensitivity to his milieu and to the people with whom he was associated. He respected local customs and traditions, and he made warm friends everywhere he worked. His forthright manner occasionally jarred officials, but they all recognized his fundamental honesty and humanity. - Editor's note.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Paul F. Russell; title: Preface / Earl C. Chamberlayne; title: Editor's note / John Duffy; title: Introduction; title: Early memories and education; title: Yellow fever interlude; title: Hookworm disease control in Brazil, 1920-1922; title: Postgraduate study and field training in USA, 1922-1923; title: Hookworm disease control in Paraguay, 1923-1927; title: The Rockefeller Foundation and yellow fever control in Brazil; title: Establishment of the Cooperative Yellow Fever Service; title: Financial and administrative problems of the Cooperative Yellow Fever Service; title: The Rockefeller Foundation withdraws; title: Pan African Health Conference, 1935; title: The pathologic diagnosis of yellow fever; title: Jungle yellow fever; title: Anopheles gambiae in Brazil; title: Anopheles gambiae eradication in Egypt; title: My lousy adventure; title: The crisis in Naples; title: Early relationship between PAHO and WHO; title: Eradication of Aedes aegypti in Latin America; title: Failure of the United States to eradicate Aedes aegypti; title: Appendix 1 : Commitments to Aedes aegypti eradication at PAHO meetings, 1902-1972; title: Appendix 2 : Fred L. Soper Manuscripts Collection