Disease & History
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This fully updated edition of 'Disease & History' examines diseases such as the plagues which brought down ancient Greece and Rome, the Black Death which devastated 13th century Europe and, more recently, AIDS and the SARS epidemic.
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 Shares history, nonfiction, medicine -
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History Shares history, nonfiction, science -
Disease: The Story of Disease and Mankind's Continuing Struggle Against It Shares history, nonfiction, science -
The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 Shares history, nonfiction, medicine
“People who read Disease & History tend to reach for these next.”
“If you want more of the same (history about medical), start with these.”
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The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis
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Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours
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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
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A Brief History of Medicine: From Hippocrates' Four Humours to Crick and Watson's Double Helix (Brief History Series)
“If it was the science that hooked you, try one of these.”
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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History
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Pox: An American History
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
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Rats, Lice, and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, Deals With the Life History of Typhus Fever
