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?[Dr. Etheridge] has demonstrated in absolutely splendid fashion the usefulness and importance of the history of medicine for a deeper understanding of the economic and social development of the South in the twentieth century. At the very least she deserves a prize.?-Labor History

In the only history of its kind, Etheridge traces the development of the Centers for Disease Control from its inception as a malaria control unit during World War II through the mid-1980s . The eradication of smallpox, the struggle to identify an effective polio vaccine, the unraveling of the secrets of Legionnaires' disease, and the shock over the identification of the HIV virus are all chronicled here. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and s...