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| Title |
Disease : the extraordinary stories behind history's deadliest killers / Mary Dobson. |
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| Publication Info. |
New York, NY : Metro Books, [2013] |
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| Edition |
2013 edition. |
| Description |
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally copyrighted in 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index. |
| Contents |
Bacterial diseases. Plague ; Leprosy ; Syphilis ; Typhus ; Cholera ; Typhoid ; Tuberculosis ; Puerperal fever ; Encephalitis lethargica -- Parasitic diseases. Malaria ; African trypanosomiasis ; Chagas' disease ; Lymphatic filariasis ; Schistosomiasis ; Hookworm ; Onchocerciasis -- Viral diseases. Smallpox ; Measles ; Yellow fever ; Dengue fever ; Rabies ; Polio ; Influenza ; Ebola ; AIDS ; SARS -- Lifestyle diseases. Scurvy ; Kuru & CJD ; Cancer ; Heart disease. |
| Summary |
The compelling and sometimes frightening stories of 30 deadly diseases - and of humanity's efforts to combat them. |
| Subject |
Diseases and history.
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Epidemics -- History.
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Diseases and history. (OCoLC)fst00895205
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Epidemics. (OCoLC)fst00914079
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781435151666 (hbk.) |
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1435151666 (hbk.) |
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