The Revenge Of The Killer Germs
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The Revenge Of The Killer Germs
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language : en
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Release Date : 1996
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Killer Germs
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Author : Barry Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 2002-09-27
Killer Germs written by Barry Zimmerman and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-27 with Health & Fitness categories.
Everything readers ever wanted to know about deadly viruses, killer parasites, flesh-eating microbes, and other lifethreatening beasties but were afraid to ask What disease, known as "the White Death" has killed 2 billion people, and counting? What fatal disease lurks undetected in air conditioners and shower heads, waiting to become airborne? How lethal is the Ebola virus, and will there ever be a cure for it? How do you catch flesh-eating bacteria? Killer Germs takes readers on a fascinating (sometimes horrifying) journey into the amazing world of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and worms and explores the roles they have played in shaping the course of human history. From biblical plagues, to the AIDS crisis, to supergerms of the future, this updated and revised edition of the original covers the whole gamut of diseases that have threatened humanity since its origins. It also includes a new chapter on the history of bioterrorism and the deplorable role it has played and is likely to play in the phenomenal diversity of diseases.
The Gospel Of Germs
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Author : Nancy Tomes
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1999-09-01
The Gospel Of Germs written by Nancy Tomes and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-01 with Science categories.
AIDS. Ebola. "Killer microbes." All around us the alarms are going off, warning of the danger of new, deadly diseases. And yet, as Nancy Tomes reminds us in her absorbing book, this is really nothing new. A remarkable work of medical and cultural history, The Gospel of Germs takes us back to the first great "germ panic" in American history, which peaked in the early 1900s, to explore the origins of our modern disease consciousness. Little more than a hundred years ago, ordinary Americans had no idea that many deadly ailments were the work of microorganisms, let alone that their own behavior spread such diseases. The Gospel of Germs shows how the revolutionary findings of late nineteenth-century bacteriology made their way from the laboratory to the lavatory and kitchen, with public health reformers spreading the word and women taking up the battle on the domestic front. Drawing on a wealth of advice books, patent applications, advertisements, and oral histories, Tomes traces the new awareness of the microbe as it radiated outward from middle-class homes into the world of American business and crossed the lines of class, gender, ethnicity, and race. Just as we take some of the weapons in this germ war for granted--fixtures as familiar as the white porcelain toilet, the window screen, the refrigerator, and the vacuum cleaner--so we rarely think of the drastic measures deployed against disease in the dangerous old days before antibiotics. But, as Tomes notes, many of the hygiene rules first popularized in those days remain the foundation of infectious disease control today. Her work offers a timely look into the history of our long-standing obsession with germs, its impact on twentieth-century culture and society, and its troubling new relevance to our own lives.
Killer Germs Microbes And Diseases That Threaten Humanity Interloan 321788
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Empires Of Panic
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Author : Robert Peckham
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Empires Of Panic written by Robert Peckham and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with History categories.
Empires of Panic is the first book to explore how panics have been historically produced, defined, and managed across different colonial, imperial, and post-imperial settings—from early nineteenth-century East Asia to twenty-first-century America. Contributors consider panic in relation to colonial anxieties, rumors, indigenous resistance, and crises, particularly in relation to epidemic disease. How did Western government agencies, policymakers, planners, and other authorities understand, deal with, and neutralize panics? What role did evolving technologies of communication play in the amplification of local panics into global events? Engaging with these questions, the book challenges conventional histories to show how intensifying processes of intelligence gathering did not consolidate empire, but rather served to produce critical uncertainties—the uneven terrain of imperial panic. Robert Peckham is associate professor in the Department of History and co-director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. "Charting the relays of rumor and knowledge that stoke colonial fears of disease, disorder, and disaster, Empires of Panic offers timely and cautionary insight into how viscerally epidemics inflame imperial anxieties, and how words and their communication over new technologies accelerate panic, rally government intervention, and unsettle and entrench the exercise of global power. Relevant a century ago and even more so today." — Nayan Shah, University of Southern California; author ofContagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown "Empires generated anxiety as much as ambition. This fine study focuses on anxieties generated by disease. It is the first book of its kind to track shifting forms of panic through different geopolitical regimes and imperial formations over the course of two centuries. Working across medical and imperial histories, it is a major contribution to both." — Andrew S. Thompson, University of Exeter; author of Empire and Globalisation: Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c. 1850–1914(with Gary B. Magee)
Drug Resistance In Bacteria Fungi Malaria And Cancer
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Author : Gunjan Arora
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-03-21
Drug Resistance In Bacteria Fungi Malaria And Cancer written by Gunjan Arora and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-21 with Medical categories.
This book is a compilation of past and recent knowledge in the field of emerging drug resistance. The book covers major aspects of drug resistance in bacteria, fungi, malaria, and cancer.Human survival on earth is constantly threatened by disease and syndrome. From the early days, the aim of research in medicine was to find therapeutic agents that can improve the quality of human life. Although humans are dependent on natural compounds from early days their dependence of drugs increased excessively in last century. The advances in chemistry and biology have helped researchers to identify the drugs that have improved treatment of many diseases. The primary factor for treatment of these diseases is dependent on the efficacy of drugs available. The development of resistance to these drugs is one of the major hindrances. Although there are number of books available on this topic, “drug resistance” biology across kingdoms has never been discussed in a coherent way.
The Antibiotic Era
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Author : Scott H. Podolsky
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-01-15
The Antibiotic Era written by Scott H. Podolsky and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with Medical categories.
A compelling analysis of nearly seven decades of antibiotic reform, framing our current efforts to stave off a post-antibiotic era. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL In The Antibiotic Era, physician-historian Scott H. Podolsky narrates the far-reaching history of antibiotics, focusing particularly on reform efforts that attempted to fundamentally change how antibiotics are developed and prescribed. This sweeping chronicle reveals the struggles faced by crusading reformers from the 1940s onward as they advocated for a rational therapeutics at the crowded intersection of bugs and drugs, patients and doctors, industry and medical academia, and government and the media. During the post–World War II “wonder drug” revolution, antibiotics were viewed as a panacea for mastering infectious disease. But from the beginning, critics raised concerns about irrational usage and overprescription. The first generation of antibiotic reformers focused on regulating the drug industry. The reforms they set in motion included the adoption of controlled clinical trials as the ultimate arbiters of therapeutic efficacy, the passage of the Kefauver-Harris amendments mandating proof of drug efficacy via well-controlled studies, and the empowering of the Food and Drug Administration to remove inefficacious drugs from the market. Despite such victories, no entity was empowered to rein in physicians who inappropriately prescribed, or overly prescribed, approved drugs. Now, in an era of emerging bugs and receding drugs, discussions of antibiotic resistance focus on the need to develop novel antibiotics and the need for more appropriate prescription practices in the face of pharmaceutical marketing, pressure from patients, and the structural constraints that impede rational delivery of antibiotics worldwide. Concerns about the enduring utility of antibiotics—indeed, about a post-antibiotic era—are widespread, as evidenced by reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, academia, and popular media alike. Only by understanding the historical forces that have shaped our current situation, Podolsky argues, can we properly understand and frame our choices moving forward.
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Author : Pete Moore
language : en
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Release Date : 2002-01-01
E written by Pete Moore and has been published by Trafalgar Square Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Biological weapons categories.
A brilliant premise, but you could never understand it till now. Physics, genetics, chemistry, biology, astronomy; science is changing so rapidly that it's almost impossible for a novice to keep track of the new ideas that are shaping our present and altering our future. Here is a guide that will steer you through the modern maze of knowledge on the really big concepts that have made an impact on our world.
Killer Germs
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Author : Pete Moore
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Release Date : 2001
Killer Germs written by Pete Moore and has been published by Carlton Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biological weapons categories.
Who among us has not been terrified by recent outbreaks of viral and bacterial diseases seemingly resistant to antibiotics and other forms of modern "treatment", not to mention the increasingly real threat of biological warfare? This gripping new book investigates the reality of these so-called plagues and examines the history of the most frightening strains that loom on the horizon. Sections are included on the history of infectious disease, from smallpox and syphilis to yellow fever, cold and flu viruses and their epidemic potential, HIV/ AIDS, the Ebola virus, food contaminants such as e coli, flesh-eating bacteria and the most current developments in resistance and genetic engineering. Whether you are an intellectually curious layperson or a medical professional, this book will fascinate and inform you about some of modern society's greatest fears.
Necessary Lies
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Author : Eva Stachniak
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2000-08
Necessary Lies written by Eva Stachniak and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08 with Fiction categories.
When Anna is offered the opportunity to move to Montreal, she jumps at the chance to leave her life in Poland behind. But when tragedy strikes 10 years later, Anna decides to return to a dramatically changed Europe. Probing the depths of betrayal and forgiveness, she confronts her own past and the motives that drove her away from Poland.