Plagues and Poxes The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease

Name: Plagues and Poxes The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease
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ISBN: 9781888799798

ISBN-10: 188879979X

ISBN-13: 9781888799798

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Alfred Jay Bollet

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 6/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 237
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Unintentional Causes of Epidemic Diseases The Impact of Human History on Disease


Infectious Diseases


Bubonic Plague: The Prototype of Pandemic Disasters


The "Little Flies" that Brought Death, Part 1: Malaria of the Burning Ague


The "Little Flies" that Brought Death, Part 2: Yellow Fever


Syphilis: The Great Pox


The Small Pox


Cholera and The Worldwide Plagues of the Nineteenth Century


The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: President Woodrow Wilson and the Blitzkatarrh


Poliomyelitis: Why Did Franklin Delano Roosevelt Get Infantile Paralysis As An Adult?


Noninfectious Diseases


Beriberi: An Epidemic Affecting Rice-Eaters


The Pellagra Epidemics: The Three M's Produce The Four D's


Scurvy: The Purpura Nautica


Rickets: The English Disease


Gout: The Disease of Good Living


Intentionally Induced and Newly Emerging Diseases


Anthrax: From Woolsorter's Disease to Terrorism


Botulism: From Bad Food to Terrorism


The SARS Epidemic: A New Disease Retraces the Experience with Older Diseases


Index