| Description |
ix, 219 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- History.
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Diseases and history.
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Communicable Disease Control -- history. |
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Communicable Diseases -- history. |
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600. |
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History, Medieval. |
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History, Modern 1601- |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
| ISBN |
9781555814663 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1555814662 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101308674 |
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NZ1 11433251 |
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AU@ 000041722750 |
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NLGGC 309279372 |
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AU@ 000042358912 |
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IG# 9781555814663 |
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