Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease

Type

Book

Authors

Jeanette Farrell

ISBN 10

0374336377

ISBN 13

9780374336370

Tags

Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Literature & Fiction, Communicable Diseases, Viral

Description

Menacing microbes that made historyThis book tells the story of seven tiny microbes that altered forever the course of human history. Smallpox, leprosy, plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS have aroused terror wherever thay have appeared, terror that has inspired acts of incredible courage and horrible cruelty. With compassion and an eye for detail, Jeanette Farrell writes of societies in turmoil and of committed searches for cures, of gruesome, misguided treatments and of the triumph of the human spirit. Illustrated with over fifty reproductions of photographs, newspaper cartoons, and public health posters, Invisible Enemies is an intriguing mix of biology and history with a worldwide scope. - from Amzon

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