Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

ISBN-13: 9781555814663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str.

Irwin W Sherman

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. The Legacy of Disease: Porphyria and Hemophilia2. The Irish Potato Blight3. Cholera4. Smallpox: the Speckled Monster5. Bubonic Plague6. Syphilis: the Great Pox7. Tuberculosis: the People's Plague8. Malaria9. Yellow Fever: the Saffron Scourge10. The Great Influenza11. AIDS: the 21st Century PlagueEpilogue

O autorze

Irwin W. Sherman, The Scripps Research Institute, USA.