Fever Hospital: A History of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital

by W.K. Anderson

This is the story of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital which, before it was closed in 1996, became one of the world's foremost centres for the research and treatment of infectious diseases, especially HIV and AIDS.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

W.K. "Bill" Anderson is a historian who obtained his PhD in the department of history at the University of Melbourne. He is a research associate in the Arts Faculty at Monash University and lectures in history and politics at Deakin University. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.