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Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 / Heather E. Quinlan.

By: Material type: TextDescription: xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781578597048
  • 1578597048
  • 1578597390
  • 9781578597390
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Plagues, pandemics and virusesLOC classification:
  • RA643 .Q85 2020
Contents:
The beginning of the end -- Early medicine -- The black death -- The plagues of London -- Plagues of Africa and the tropics -- Smallpox in the new world -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Addiction -- Do-or-die battles -- The 1918 flu -- Coronaviruses -- Living with pathogens.
Summary: "From the plague of Athens to the Covid-19 pandemic, Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses covers the history, causes, medical treatments, human responses, and aftermath of the world's biggest pandemics as well as several modern diseases of note and those that are making a comeback"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and index.

The beginning of the end -- Early medicine -- The black death -- The plagues of London -- Plagues of Africa and the tropics -- Smallpox in the new world -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Addiction -- Do-or-die battles -- The 1918 flu -- Coronaviruses -- Living with pathogens.

"From the plague of Athens to the Covid-19 pandemic, Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses covers the history, causes, medical treatments, human responses, and aftermath of the world's biggest pandemics as well as several modern diseases of note and those that are making a comeback"--

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