The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for MalariaMacmillan, 2003 - 344 pagina's Until the middle of the seventeenth century, little was understood about malaria, the deadly disease that decimated populations and crippled armies. A legend, however, persisted about a beautiful Spanish countess who was cured during a stay in Peru by drinking a medicine made from the bark of a miraculous tree. And so began the search for the elusive cinchona tree by a trio of British explorers who sought to rid the world of malaria. Today, in laboratories and research facilities, the hunt continues—this time for a vaccine against the disease that eludes all efforts to contain it. |
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Inhoudsopgave
The Fever | 3 |
The Cure | 19 |
The Curse | 39 |
The Vision | 63 |
The Philanthropist | 81 |
The Quest | 109 |
Spruces Ridge | 127 |
The Shadow in the Forest | 146 |
A Tale of Two Seeds | 158 |
The Great White Hope | 187 |
The Malaria Fighters | 209 |
The Vaccine Hunters | 234 |
Epilogue | 263 |
Afterword | 277 |
Bibliography | 297 |
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