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The Texas Meningitis Epidemic (1911–1913): Origin of the Meningococcal Vaccine
The Texas Meningitis Epidemic (1911–1913): Origin of the Meningococcal Vaccine
The Texas Meningitis Epidemic (1911–1913): Origin of the Meningococcal Vaccine
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In The Texas Meningitis Epidemic (1911–1913): Origin of the Meningococcal Vaccine, two physician authors present the dramatic medical history of a monstrous southwestern disease epidemic. They also describe the development of the intraspinal antimeningitis serum treatment for curing the disease and the meningococcal vaccine for preventing it. The authors bring the events to blazing life by skillfully drawing on original texts that evoke the grit and grace of everyday people who united to vanquish a brutal disease in early twentieth-century Texas.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateNov 9, 2018
ISBN9781532054327
The Texas Meningitis Epidemic (1911–1913): Origin of the Meningococcal Vaccine
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Margaret R. O’Leary MD

Dennis S. O’Leary, MD, is president emeritus of The Joint Commission and former dean for clinical affairs and professor of medicine at George Washington University Medical Center. Today Dennis is a keen sports fan who also enjoys reading novels and doing jigsaw puzzles. Margaret R. O’Leary, MD, one of the first residency- trained and board-certified emergency physicians in the US, has combined emergency medicine and publishing careers for four decades. Today Margaret enjoys reading, writing, and gardening.

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