Military Medical Entomology During the Mexican-American and First World Wars: A Coming of Age
Abstract
An inchoate appreciation for the profound impacts poor field sanitation exacted on troop strength and morale during the Civil War led to the establishment of the US Sanitary Commission in 1861. Even so, a full realization of the critical role sanitation and insect control play in the prevention of communicable diseases had to await the birth of medical entomology brought about by the brilliant discoveries of pioneers in tropical medicine decades later. Indeed, the Spanish-American War reemphasized that we had not learned our lessons in exposing immunologically naive troops to exotic diseases and those caused by poor sanitation, and enormous numbers of communicable disease casualties were the predictable results.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 16, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADP023968
Entities
People
- Joseph Conlon