Invisible Enemies Stories of Infectious Disease

Name: Invisible Enemies Stories of Infectious Disease
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ISBN: 9780374336370

ISBN-10: 0374336377

ISBN-13: 9780374336370

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeanette Farrell

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Menacing microbes that made history This book tells the story of seven tiny microbes that altered forever the course of human history. Smallpox, leprosy, plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS have aroused terror wherever thay have appeared, terror that has inspired acts of incredible courage and horrible cruelty. With compassion and an eye for detail, Jeanette Farrell writes of societies in turmoil and of committed searches for cures, of gruesome, misguided treatments and of the triumph of the human spirit. Illustrated with over fifty reproductions of photographs, newspaper cartoons, and public health posters, Invisible Enemies is an intriguing mix of biology and history with a…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/28/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English