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 civilization.
* Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.
* Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.
* Makes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history.
* Presents material in a compelling, clear, and jargon-free prose for a wide audience.
* Provides a picture of the best practices for dealing with disease outbreaks.
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Preface vii
1 The Legacy of Disease: Porphyria and Hemophilia 1
2 The Irish Potato Blight 19
3 Cholera 33
4 Smallpox: the Speckled Monster 50
5 Bubonic Plague 68
6 Syphilis: the Great Pox 83
7 Tuberculosis: the People’s Plague 104
8 Malaria 130
9 Yellow Fever: the Saffron Scourge 143
10 The Great Influenza 158
11 AIDS: the 21st Century Plague 174
Epilogue 195
Notes 199
Index 207
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Irwin W. Sherman, The Scripps Research Institute, USA.
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