The power of plagues /
Sherman, Irwin W.
The power of plagues / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2006. - ix, 431 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and index.
The nature of plagues -- Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- Six plagues of antiquity -- An ancient plague, the black death -- A modern plague, AIDS -- Typhus, a fever plague -- Malaria, another fever plague -- King cholera -- Smallpox, the spotted plague -- Preventing plagues -- The plague protectors -- The great pox syphilis -- The people's plague: tuberculosis -- Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- Six plagues of Africa -- Plagues without germs -- Plagues on order.
1555813569 (alk. paper) 9781555813567 (alk. paper)
2005031975
GBA614447 bnb
101260848 DNLM 013380665 Uk
Communicable diseases--History.
Epidemics--History.
Diseases and history.
Communicable Diseases--history.
Communicable Disease Control--history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
RA643 / .S55 2006
614.4
WC 11.1 / S553p 2006
The power of plagues / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2006. - ix, 431 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and index.
The nature of plagues -- Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- Six plagues of antiquity -- An ancient plague, the black death -- A modern plague, AIDS -- Typhus, a fever plague -- Malaria, another fever plague -- King cholera -- Smallpox, the spotted plague -- Preventing plagues -- The plague protectors -- The great pox syphilis -- The people's plague: tuberculosis -- Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- Six plagues of Africa -- Plagues without germs -- Plagues on order.
1555813569 (alk. paper) 9781555813567 (alk. paper)
2005031975
GBA614447 bnb
101260848 DNLM 013380665 Uk
Communicable diseases--History.
Epidemics--History.
Diseases and history.
Communicable Diseases--history.
Communicable Disease Control--history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
RA643 / .S55 2006
614.4
WC 11.1 / S553p 2006