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Science and Empire: East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Cranefield, Paul F. (Rockefeller University, New York)
Science and Empire: East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Cranefield, Paul F. (Rockefeller University, New York)
East Coast fever can kill 95% of a herd of cattle in three weeks. The disease was unknown to western science until it was introduced into Rhodesia in 1901. This book describes the social and economic impact, the scientific investigations into it, and the effort to control it.
403 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 22, 1991 |
ISBN13 | 9780521392532 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 404 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 27 mm · 726 g |