{"id":15165,"date":"2012-07-24T15:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=15165"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:32:18","slug":"rare-books-on-yellow-fever-donated-by-neurosurgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/rare-books-on-yellow-fever-donated-by-neurosurgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Books on Yellow Fever Donated by Neurosurgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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D.J. Canale (left)<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 D.J. Canale of Memphis, a retired neurosurgeon, has spent years collecting rare books on yellow fever, particularly books during the era when the disease was most prevalent in the 19th century. The medical historian and his wife, Janet, recently donated their collection to the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n

\u201cYellow fever was so prevalent in this area, and these works show the attempts to control this devastating disease,\u201d said Jennifer Ford, head of Archives and Special Collections at the J.D. Williams Library. \u201cWe had only a few secondary sources on yellow fever before Dr. Canale\u2019s gift. I hope that students will gain a better knowledge of yellow fever and the attempts to understand and cure the disease.\u201dHis second donation to the university, Canale\u2019s collection on yellow fever consists of 60 books. His first donation in 2010 was a significant collection of books related to medicine during the Civil War.<\/p>\n

Canale has been collecting books on yellow fever for about 40 years and said he believed that the J.D. Williams Library would be a great home for his collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully it can be a building block for other donations of books pertaining to yellow fever because it was a very important disease, particularly in the Mississippi Valley area,\u201d Canale said. \u201cI just think Ole Miss has the perfect library for it. I want this to be a resource center so that people who are interested in studying yellow fever will be able to utilize this material.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, one of the most interesting books in the collection is the work of Walter Reed, U.S. Army surgeon and bacteriologist. His investigations brought him to the groundbreaking discovery of a particular mosquito species that was transmitting the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe later credited the true discovery and subsequent control of yellow fever to the work of Dr. Carlos Finlay,\u201d Ford said. \u201cThat showed true greatness of character.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canale, who retired 13 years ago, earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Tennessee and completed his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He and his wife have three sons. One of his sons, Stuart Jay Canale of Memphis, earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Ole Miss. The Canales have a home in Oxford and enjoy attending university events.<\/p>\n

Canale\u2019s collection will be housed on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library. Archives and Special Collections acquires, conserves and makes accessible rare books, manuscripts, maps, visual and audio materials, and ephemera related to UM, the state of Mississippi and the blues. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except during designated university holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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