Preface vii1. The Nature of Plagues 12. Plagues, the Price of Being Sedentary 213. Six Plagues of Antiquity 434. An Ancient Plague, the Black Death 675. A 21st Century Plague, AIDS 916. Typhus, a Fever Plague 1137. Malaria, Another Fever Plague 1338. "King Cholera" 1639. Smallpox, the Spotted Plague 19710. Preventing Plagues: Immunization 21711. The Plague Protectors: Antisepsis to Antibiotics 26512. The Great Pox Syphilis 30513. The People's Plague: Tuberculosis 32314. Leprosy, the Striking Hand of God 35515. Six Plagues of Africa 36716. Emerging and Re-emerging Plagues 411Appendix. Cells and Viruses 446Notes 449Bibliography
