Rats, Lice and History: The Biography of a Bacillus

Description

Author: Zinsser, Hans  (1878-1940)

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Pub Date: (1984?)  Reprint edition

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused, with the exception of an anchor-shaped stain on ffep. (Not a clue).

Notes:  Originally published in 1934.  Zinsser discovered/isolated the bacterium that causes typhus, and then developed the vaccine to prevent the disease.  In a rather florid prose style, Zinsser relates the discoveries.