Twelve diseases that changed our world /
Sherman, Irwin W.
Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2007. - ix, 219 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
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.
9781555814663 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1555814662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007023680
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101308674 DNLM 013888931 Uk
Epidemics--History.
Diseases and history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Communicable Disease Control--history.
Communicable Diseases--history.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
History, Medieval.
History, Modern 1601-
Socioeconomic Factors.
RA649 / .S44 2007
614.4
2007 L-037 WA 11.1 / S553t 2007
Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2007. - ix, 219 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
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.
9781555814663 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1555814662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007023680
GBA773219 bnb
101308674 DNLM 013888931 Uk
Epidemics--History.
Diseases and history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Communicable Disease Control--history.
Communicable Diseases--history.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
History, Medieval.
History, Modern 1601-
Socioeconomic Factors.
RA649 / .S44 2007
614.4
2007 L-037 WA 11.1 / S553t 2007