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Animal health, human health, one health : the life and legacy of Dr. James H. Steele /

"As the first US assistant surgeon general for veterinary affairs at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, he pioneered the simple but powerful philosophy that human health is intimately connected to the health of animals and our surrounding environment. His unwavering convictions, passio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carter, Craig Nash, 1949- (Author), Hoobler, Cynthia Gregg (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : CreateSpace, 2015.
Subjects:
Steele, James H.
Veterinarians > United States > Biography.
Veterinary public health > United States > Biography.
Veterinary medicine > Philosophy.
Public health > Philosophy.
Veterinary Medicine > history.
Public Health > history.
Zoonoses.
Veterinarians.
United States.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Everything before Jim Steele
  • Germs and Germans : enter Jim Steele
  • An insurance clerk goes to veterinary school
  • More than a laboratory accident
  • A new doctor, marriage, and a practice in Petosky
  • Grand Trunk Railroad in Boston
  • The Harvard experience
  • The Ohio Health Department : beginnings
  • USPHS commission : Puerto Rico, West Indies, and beyond
  • Public health adventures in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
  • Encephalitis and polio in Panama
  • The genesis of veterinary public health
  • Investigating brucellosis, the "Christmas disease"
  • Old Yeller revisited
  • Foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico and beyond
  • Salmonella wars
  • Mycobacterioses : too close to home
  • Setting the stage for the future of veterinary public health
  • Jim Steele, Alexander Lagmuir, and the Epidemic Intelligence Service
  • The CIA, the Iron Curtain, and biowarfare
  • Zoonoses on the world stage : the historic joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee meetings
  • Into Africa
  • Dr. K. F. Meyer : scientist, mentor, collaborator, and friend
  • Psittacosis and Hartz Mountain : Jim Steele forms a unique public health partnership
  • The first assistant surgeon general for veterinary affairs
  • Avian influenza : "this is the Steele virus"
  • The handbook series in zoonoses : CRC after CDC
  • A few more diseases
  • A few more adventures
  • Animal health, human health, one health : commentary by Dr. James H. Steele
  • Jim Steele and the American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • Jim Steele and the Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine : a special bond
  • The grandest one hundredth birthday celebration
  • The passing of a titan
  • Jim Steele's final chief of staff, Donna Vaughn
  • A world without Jim Steele?