Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

✍ Scribed by Irwin W. Sherman

Publisher: ASM Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 236
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.

• Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.
• Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.
• Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.
• Makes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history.
• Presents material in a compelling, clear, and jargon-free prose for a wide audience.
• Provides a picture of the best practices for dealing with disease outbreaks.

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