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Author Sherman, Irwin W.

Title Twelve diseases that changed our world / Irwin W. Sherman.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2007]
©2007
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  614.49 S553T    On Display
Description ix, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
Contents Preface -- 1. The legacy of disease : porphyria and hemophilia -- 2. The Irish potato blight -- 3. Cholera -- 4. Smallpox : the speckled monster -- 5. Bubonic plague -- 6. Syphilis : the great pox -- 7. Tuberculosis : the people's plague -- 8. Malaria -- 9. Yellow fever : the saffron scourge -- 10. The great influenza -- 11. AIDS : the 21st century plague -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Epidemics -- History.
Diseases and history.
Disease Outbreaks -- history.
Communicable Disease Control -- history.
Communicable Diseases -- history.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
History, Medieval.
History, Modern 1601-
Socioeconomic Factors.
ISBN 9781555814663 paperback alkaline paper
1555814662 paperback alk. paper
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