Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman.

  • Sherman, Irwin W.
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[2007], ©2007
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Description

The diseases are: porphyria, haemophilia, potato blight and famine in 19th century Ireland, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, syphilis and AIDS / HIV.

Publication/Creation

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

ix, 219 pages ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.

Contents

The legacy of disease : porphyria and hemophilia -- The Irish potato blight -- Cholera -- Smallpox : the speckled monster -- Bubonic plague -- Syphilis : the great pox -- Tuberculosis : the people's plague -- Malaria -- Yellow fever : the saffron scourge -- The great influenza -- AIDS : the 21st century plague.

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    History of Medicine
    FF /SHE
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  • 9781555814663
  • 1555814662