The History Of Plague In Kenya
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The History Of Plague In Kenya
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Author : Marc Harry Dawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The History Of Plague In Kenya written by Marc Harry Dawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Plague categories.
Cattle Plague
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Author : Clive A. Spinage
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2003
Cattle Plague written by Clive A. Spinage and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Rinderpest categories.
Cattle Plague: A History is the most comprehensive general study of the history of cattle plague or rinderpest yet attempted, of which there has not been a book in English since 1866. With its stranglehold on the economy of Europe until the later 19th century, rinderpest has been the most neglected study in history. The most virulent and dreaded animal disease to affect Europe and Asia from ancient times with up to 95 percent mortality of affected cattle; in the 18th century it is estimated to have carried off more than 200 million head of cattle in Europe, exclusive of Siberia and Tartary. Germany alone lost 28 million between 1711 and 1865, 3 in every 4 animals dying. Following its introduction into Britain in 1745, the losses in 1745-57 were estimated at in excess of half a million head. Its introduction in 1865 with a dozen oxen led to the death, including those which were slaughtered, of 278,943 animals, some estimates putting the loss as high as 420,000, representing 7 per cent of the national herd; according to some affecting livestock farming and the meat trade for the next 25 years. It was responsible for a major panzootic in Africa at the turn of the 19th century, devastating domestic and wild animals alike and affecting the ecology of Africa to the present. Confined today to one known remaining focus in Africa, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations hopes to eradicate this disease entirely by 2010, which if successful will be t
Health State And Society In Kenya
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Author : George O. Ndege
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2001
Health State And Society In Kenya written by George O. Ndege and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Health & Fitness categories.
George Ndege provides an examination of the conflicts and compromises between Western biomedicine and African traditional therapies in colonial Kenya.
Plagues
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Author : Christopher Wills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-04-01
Plagues written by Christopher Wills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-01 with categories.
This book goes beyond the recent terrifying new stories about outbreaks of disease in Rwanda, India & Kenya to ask the simple, fascinating question: Why are there plagues? Through the use of compelling stories & anecdotes, the author describes in vivid terms the story of such scourges as the plague of Justinian, the Black Death, malaria, typhoid, cholera, syphilis & AIDS. He reveals how the work of scientists using new molecular techniques has shown that plague organisms can only overcome our defenses by dropping their own guards & becoming more vulnerable in the process. He shows that we can conquer plagues. Illustrated.
Plagues
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Author : Christopher Wills
language : en
Publisher: London : Flamingo
Release Date : 1997-01
Plagues written by Christopher Wills and has been published by London : Flamingo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01 with Communicable diseases categories.
Plague And Empire In The Early Modern Mediterranean World
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Author : Nükhet Varlik
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-22
Plague And Empire In The Early Modern Mediterranean World written by Nükhet Varlik and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with History categories.
This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black Death pandemic and the centuries that followed. Using a wealth of archival and narrative sources, including medical treatises, hagiographies, and travelers' accounts, as well as recent scientific research, Nükhet Varlik demonstrates how plague interacted with the environmental, social, and political structures of the Ottoman Empire from the late medieval through the early modern era. The book argues that the empire's growth transformed the epidemiological patterns of plague by bringing diverse ecological zones into interaction and by intensifying the mobilities of exchange among both human and non-human agents. Varlik maintains that persistent plagues elicited new forms of cultural imagination and expression, as well as a new body of knowledge about the disease. In turn, this new consciousness sharpened the Ottoman administrative response to the plague, while contributing to the makings of an early modern state.
Epidemics And Ideas
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Author : Terence Ranger
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992
Epidemics And Ideas written by Terence Ranger and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
From plague to AIDS, epidemics have been the most spectacular diseases to afflict human societies. This volume examines the way in which these great crises have influenced ideas, how they have helped to shape theological, political and social thought, and how they have been interpreted and understood in the intellectual context of their time.
The Last Plague
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Author : Mark Osborne Humphries
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Last Plague written by Mark Osborne Humphries and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.
The 'Spanish' influenza of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in history, killing as many as 50 million people worldwide. Canadian federal public health officials tried to prevent the disease from entering the country by implementing a maritime quarantine, as had been their standard practice since the cholera epidemics of 1832. But the 1918 flu was a different type of disease. In spite of the best efforts of both federal and local officials, up to fifty thousand Canadians died. In The Last Plague, Mark Osborne Humphries examines how federal epidemic disease management strategies developed before the First World War, arguing that the deadliest epidemic in Canadian history ultimately challenged traditional ideas about disease and public health governance. Using federal, provincial, and municipal archival sources, newspapers, and newly discovered military records as well as original epidemiological studies Humphries' sweeping national study situates the flu within a larger social, political, and military context for the first time. His provocative conclusion is that the 1918 flu crisis had important long-term consequences at the national level, ushering in the 'modern' era of public health in Canada.
Saving Lives Buying Time
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2004-09-09
Saving Lives Buying Time written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-09 with Medical categories.
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the deadliest form of malaria that exists throughout the world. Malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africaâ€"currently just over one million per yearâ€"are rising because of increased resistance to the old, inexpensive drugs. Although effective new drugs called "artemisinins" are available, they are unaffordable for the majority of the affected population, even at a cost of one dollar per course. Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overview of the current drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizing access to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs. The book finds that most people in endemic countries will not have access to currently effective combination treatments, which should include an artemisinin, without financing from the global community. Without funding for effective treatment, malaria mortality could double over the next 10 to 20 years and transmission will intensify.
The Black Death
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Author : Rosemay Horrox
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1994-10-15
The Black Death written by Rosemay Horrox and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-15 with Business & Economics categories.
From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between a third and one half of the population dead. This source book traces, through contemporary writings, the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with a particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349. Rosemary Horrox surveys contemporary attempts to explain the plague, which was universally regarded as an expression of divine vengeance for the sins of humankind. Moralists all had their particular targets for criticism. However, this emphasis on divine chastisement did not preclude attempts to explain the plague in medical or scientific terms. Also, there was a widespread belief that human agencies had been involved, and such scapegoats as foreigners, the poor and Jews were all accused of poisoning wells. The final section of the book charts the social and psychological impact of the plague, and its effect on the late-medieval economy.