The conquest of malaria
Subtitle: Italy, 1900-1962
By: Frank M. Snowden.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Malaria -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.; Malaria -- Treatment -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.; Mosquitoes -- Control -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy's major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world center for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched the first national campaign to eradicate the disease."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.