Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor

by Anne Mac Lellan

Book Overview

Dorothy Stopford-Price was arguably the most instrumental individual in eradicating the tuberculosis epidemic within Ireland. She introduced the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine to Ireland's shores which, to this day, prevents children from catching tuberculosis. This illuminating biography uncovers the importance of her medical work and of occasional controversial measures that placed her in opposition to one of the strongest voices in Ireland at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716532379
• ISBN13: 9780716532378
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 288 Pages