American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease

Name: American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease
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ISBN: 9780071437905

ISBN-10: 0071437908

ISBN-13: 9780071437905

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephen H. Gehlbach

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Description:

This text looks at the most important epidemics in U.S. history. It explains the major concepts in the spread of disease and the roles of medicine and public health in combating epidemics. Current and classic medical studies are used as examples throughout the text.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 9/14/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.858



Preface



Gunpowder and Calomel: Benjamin Rush and the Malignant Yellow Fever



Doctors and Ministers: Smallpox in Boston, 1721



Noddle's Island Experiment: Benjamin Waterhouse and Vaccination



Scourge of the Middle West: Autumnal Fever and Daniel Drake



Improving the Numbers: Lemuel Shattuck's Report



Adirondack Cure: Consumption and Edward Trudeau



The Beginning and the End: Epidemic Poliomyelitis



A Cancer Grows: Edward R. Murrow and the Cigarette



Searching America's Heart: The Framingham Study



Continuing Story: Present Plagues


Index