Sherman, Irwin W. <br/><br/>
Twelve diseases that changed our world / 
Irwin W. Sherman. 
 - Washington, DC :  ASM Press,  c2007. 
 - ix, 219 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781555814663 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1555814662 (pbk. :  alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007023680 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA773219  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101308674  DNLM 013888931  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Epidemics--History.<br/>Diseases and history.<br/>Disease Outbreaks--history.<br/>Communicable Disease Control--history.<br/>Communicable Diseases--history.<br/>History, Early Modern 1451-1600.<br/>History, Medieval.<br/>History, Modern 1601-<br/>Socioeconomic Factors.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA649  / .S44 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614.4 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2007 L-037 WA 11.1  / S553t 2007