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Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman.
- Title
- Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman.
- Author
- Sherman, Irwin W.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RA649 .S44 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 219 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 'The Twelve' addresses public health curiosity about diseases of public health concern, exploring the impact of infectious diseases on the shaping of Western civilization, while providing an optimistic view of future control of infectious disease outbreaks.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781555814663 (alk. paper)
- 1555814662 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007023680
- OCLC
- 141178241
- SCSB-11530557
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library