Invisible enemies : stories of infectious diseases / Jeanette Farrell.

  • Farrell, Jeanette.
Date:
2005
  • Books

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Description

Updated to include recent breakthroughs. First published in 1998, here are the stories of seven diseases that changed the course of human history, updated to reflect new medical and social developments such as: the ravages of AIDS in Africa, Asia, and other locations, the bioterror threat posed by smallpox eradication, a primitive yet effective new measure for fighting cholera in India, an important new drug to treat malaria, and more. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs, newspaper cartoons, public health posters, and the like, this book is a mix of history, biography, and biology.

Publication/Creation

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2005.

Physical description

259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

2nd ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : attack of the tiny giants -- Smallpox : of scars, scabs, orphans, and spotty cows -- Leprosy : misnamed, misunderstood -- Plague : from prairie dogs to people -- Tuberculosis : the return of the slow killer -- Malaria : the unbeatable team of parasite and mosquito -- Cholera : death from the town pump -- AIDS : a plague is born.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FF/FAR
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0374336075