Auteur: Irwin W. Sherman

Drugs are used in the diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, prevention or cure of disease. This is a book about drugs, how they came to be, and how they exert their ‘magic’. Today we have drugs to prote …

Drugs are used in the diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, prevention or cure of disease. This is a book about drugs, how they came to be, and how they exert their ‘magic’. Today we have drugs to prote …

In 2013, 200 million people were infected with malaria, resulting in over 584, 000 deaths, with the potential to affect over half the world’s population. Such is the widespread nature of malaria that …

The year 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and that of its mosquito vector Anopheles. The genome sequence …

The Power of Plagues presents a rogues’ gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history. Author Irwin W. Sherman introduces the microbes that caused these epidemics …

Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. * Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civ …

The Power of Plagues presents a rogues’ gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history. Author Irwin W. Sherman introduces the microbes that caused these epidemics …

Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. * Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civ …