Gehlbach, Stephen H. <br/><br/>
American Plagues :  Lessons from Our Battles with Disease. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (313 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Ch.01 GUNPOWDER AND CALOMEL -- Ch02. DOCTORS AND MINISTERS -- Ch03. NODDLE'S ISLAND EXPERIMENT -- Ch04. SCOURGE OF THE MIDDLE WEST -- Ch05. IMPROVING THE NUMBERS -- Ch06. ADIRONDACK CURE -- Ch07. THE BEGINNING AND THE END -- Ch08. A CANCER GROWS -- Ch09. SEARCHING AMERICA'S HEART -- Ch10. A CURE FOR COMPLACENCY -- Ch11. TOO LITTLE, TOO MUCH -- Ch12. ANOTHER KIND OF PLAGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR. 
<br/><br/> American Plagues relates stories of epidemics of our past--smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, polio--offering lessons that help us better understand health problems of today like HIV/AIDS, heart disease and Ebola. Readers learn about these past plagues, those who helped conquer them, and how they shed light on health information of today. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442256514 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communicable diseases - United States - History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA650.5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614.4/0973