Cold wars : the fight against the common cold
This is the story of one of the most familiar, if rarely fatal, diseases - the common cold. It examines the attempts by scientists and doctors from ancient to modern times to provide a cure, with particular emphasis on the work of an eccentric institution based in Salisbury - the Common Cold Unit.
History
xiv, 253 pages : illustrations
9780192632852, 019263285X
1131950038
1. Colds through the centuries; 2. Harvard University and the American Red Cross; 3. Founding the Common Cold Research Unit; 4. Uncertain beginnings; 5. A 'final' assault on the virus; 6. Viruses and their targets; 7. Oh to be a volunteer; 8. International cooperation; 9. A community pest; 10. Looking into the mind; 11. Hunting for treatments; 12. The end of the road; Index