Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-55581-466-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherman, Irwin W

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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