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Joseph James Kinyoun

Discoverer of Bubonic Plague in America and Father of the National Institutes of Health

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8290-7
Verlag: McFarland
Erscheinungstermin: 01.10.2021
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In March 1900, Dr. Joseph James Kinyoun, a Surgeon with the Marine Hospital Service and student of Louis Pasteur and Dr. Robert Koch, detected bubonic plague in San Francisco, while stationed on Angel Island as a federal quarantine officer. His discovery of the plague led to an immediate outcry from California's governor, local and state politicians, and the city's commercial interests. The hyper-sensationalized journalism of San Francisco's newspapers leapt at the opportunity. Kinyoun would be ridiculed in the press for over a year, leading to death threats and a $50,000 bounty on his head. Eventually, California's quarantine caused an enormous uproar. In time, a special plague commission was installed by the U. S. Treasury Department. After the commissioners completed their report, Supervisory Surgeon-General Walter Wyman withheld it from the public leading to charges of a coverup. In the end, Wyman released the report, which totally vindicated Kinyoun, but a deal had been brokered behind the scenes wherein Kinyoun was removed from his post. This book tells a timely story about yellow journalism, coverup, corruption, the struggle between science and politics, and the consequences of blind denial of the truth.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9781476682907
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4766-8290-7
  • Verlag: McFarland
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.10.2021
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2021
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 547 g
  • Seiten: 234
  • Format (B x H x T): 178 x 254 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

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