The great Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 : the geopolitics of an epidemic disease / William C. Summers.

When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. In this fascinating case histor...

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Main Author: Summers, William C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
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