Reviews for War and Disease

"Leo Slater has created an original work on a subject often ignored by historians. War and Disease makes a wonderful, and much needed, contribution to the history of medicine and science."--John Parascandola, University of Maryland

"Few historians have the training to take on the complex world of malaria pharmacology, and few pharmacologists have the historical skills to understand the evolution of these important drugs. In this path-breaking book, Leo Slater draws on his background in chemistry and history to ably document the curious course of malaria drug research, bringing important balance to a historiography that has been at times overly attentive to the mosquito and less keen to recognize the importance of medications for prophylaxis and cure." --Margaret Humphreys, Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke University

"Leo Slater has written an excellent in-depth, scholarly narrative about the discovery and development of anti-malarial drugs during World War II. He reveals the personalities and ethical conflicts that arose from the scientific, industrial, and governmental collaborative efforts and shows the path from wartime programs to the present-day massive governmental involvement in biomedical research." --William E. Collins, senior biomedical research scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention