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By Elizabeth W. Etheridge. 414 pp., illustrated. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1992. $42.50. ISBN 0-520-07107-7.

The history of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a compelling subject. Not only has this agency of the United States Public Health Service become an important and highly visible institution, but its development includes the elements of a winning story: emergence from obscure origins to attain scientific, social, and political prominence; duels with deadly and often mysterious diseases, sometimes in exotic foreign settings; and the involvement of many talented, lively, motivated people, who at times have clashed with one another.

Over the years, parts of this story have been told. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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