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Plague Pox And Pestilence
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Author : Kenneth F. Kiple
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix
Release Date : 1999
Plague Pox And Pestilence written by Kenneth F. Kiple and has been published by Phoenix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Communicable diseases categories.
Covering some of humankind's most notorious diseases, this book describes, with individual examples, the changing historical relationships between humans and their diseases, many of which they have helped to create. Contemporary illustrations show how the diseases were perceived in the past.
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Author : Elaine Willis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Plague Pox And Pestilence written by Elaine Willis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Medical categories.
Although the invention of agriculture was the most important event in the history of civilization, it was a disaster for human health. Hunter-gatherers, frequently on the move, ate a great variety of foods and seldom paused in one place long enough to allow diseases to flourish. As people settled, living cheek to jowl with their newly domesticated animals, water teemed with pathogens, waste piled up, and nutrition deteriorated as diets focused on just a few items. Diseases became rampant. The build-up of large urban populations bred new and even more deadly diseases. Restless humans -- marauders, missionaries, merchants -- carried these strains across the world to communities never exposed to them. Death on epic scales ensued. The plague, scrofula, leprosy -- all these flourished in the early modern world. War was a harbinger of death in more ways than the traditional -- whenever soldiers were drawn together in large groups the potential for an epidemic increased exponentially. Some diseases in particular are linked to war; typhus, because it killed more soldiers and sailors than they have killed each other; cholera, which is carried by contaminated water; scurvy, 'the sailors' disease;; and syphilis, which burst upon the world from a battlefield. In this ... illustrated survey of disease in history, Kenneth Kiple, editor of The Cambridge World History of Human Disease, has brought together a team of experts to show for the first time how our world is the product of disease -- and its eradication.
Plagues Pox And Pestilence
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Author : Richard Platt
language : en
Publisher: Kingfisher
Release Date : 2011-10-25
Plagues Pox And Pestilence written by Richard Platt and has been published by Kingfisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-25 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence by Richard Platt, illustrated by John Kelly is a comprehensive history of disease and pestilence, told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that cause them. The book features case histories of specific epidemics, ‘eyewitness' accounts from the rats, flies, ticks and creepy-crawlies who spread diseases, plus plenty of fascinating facts and figures on the biggest and worst afflictions. Illustrated throughout with brilliantly entertaining artworks and endearing characters, you'll be entertained by a cabinet war room showing the war on germs, a rogues' gallery highlighting the worst offenders, the very deadliest diseases examined under the microscope and much more.
Plague And Pestilence
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Author : Margrete Lamond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Plague And Pestilence written by Margrete Lamond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Communicable diseases categories.
A graphic survey of the course of epidemic disease in human history, from the plagues of ancient times to small pox in the Americas, from the typhus that ravaged Napoleon's army to malaria, AIDS and the Ebola virus. Plague and Pestilence combines vivid storytelling with easy-to-absorb background on medicine and history. Like other titles in the True Stories series, this is a great blend of
Encyclopedia Of Plague And Pestilence
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Author : George C. Kohn
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Encyclopedia Of Plague And Pestilence written by George C. Kohn and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Third Edition is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference offering international coverage of this timely and fascinating subject. This updated volume provides concise descriptions of more than 700.
Plague Pestilence And Pandemic
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Author : Peter Furtado
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02
Plague Pestilence And Pandemic written by Peter Furtado and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02 with categories.
Armies Of Pestilence
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Author : R. S. Bray
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Armies Of Pestilence written by R. S. Bray and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with History categories.
The global outbreak of Covid-19 appears to be unprecedented in a world which has not suffered a serious pandemic for a century, while society had almost forgotten the enormous impact of highly infectious diseases throughout history. Pestilence, however, has played a major role in ending the Golden Age of Athens, wrecking Justinian's plans to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory, and killing untold millions in Latin America after the Spanish invasion. Despite its importance, historians have tended to minimise the role of infectious disease, partly because of a lack of scientific knowledge. This has resulted in a distorted view both of the past and of the danger of disease to modern society. In Armies of Pestilence, R.S. Bray, a distinguished biologist and an able historian, corrects this view with an exploration of the influence of disease on history. The book surveys the principal epidemics around the world and across the centuries, including scholarly discussion around those which cannot be certainly identified. In each case, Bray examines the origins of the outbreaks, as well as the symptoms, the mortality rate and the social and economic turmoil left in their wake. Bray pays special attention to the infamous organism that caused the Black Death, Yersina pestis, as well as other grimly familiar bogey-men of pestilential history including malaria, smallpox, typhus, cholera and influenza, and AIDS. Government responses to outbreaks are assessed, and the inability of governments to deal effectively with disease is a recurring theme. The relationship between disease and war, with the former often responsible for more deaths than the latter, is also considered in detail, as was the case during the last great influenza pandemic of 1918-19, at the end of the First World War
Pox Pus Plague
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Author : John Townsend
language : en
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Release Date : 2006
Pox Pus Plague written by John Townsend and has been published by Capstone Classroom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the symptoms and treatment of certain illnesses throughout history, including scurvy, yellow fever, measles, typhoid, and polio.
Pox Romana
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Author : Colin Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Pox Romana written by Colin Elliott and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with History categories.
"A new account of the Antonine plague and its long-lasting effects on the history of the Roman empire"--
Plagues In World History
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Author : John Aberth
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-01-16
Plagues In World History written by John Aberth and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-16 with History categories.
Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. John Aberth considers not only their varied impact but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes. Our ability to alter disease, even without modern medical treatments, is even more crucial lesson now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. The author's comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.