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American Plagues : Lessons from Our Battles with Disease.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442256514
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American PlaguesDDC classification:
  • 614.4/0973
LOC classification:
  • RA650.5
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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