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Edition: 2nd
Release: 2004-06-30
Publisher: Demos Health
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 188879979X
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Plagues and Poxes pdf
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Since publication of the initial version of Plagues and Poxes in 1987, which had the optimistic subtitle "The Rise and Fall of Epidemic Disease," the rise of new diseases such as AIDS and the deliberate modification and weaponization of diseases such as anthrax have changed the way we perceive infectious disease. With major modifications to deal with this new reality, the acclaimed author of Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs has updated and revised this series of essays about changing disease patterns in history and some of the key events and people involved in them. It deals with the history of major outbreaks of disease — both infectious diseases such as plague and smallpox and noninfectious diseases — and shows how they are in many cases caused inadvertently by human actions, including warfare, commercial travel, social adaptations, and dietary modifications. To these must now be added discussion of the intentional spreading of disease by acts of bioterrorism, and the Download Plagues and Poxes for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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