Screen LibraryTwelve diseases that changed our world
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ASM Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 219 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781555814663 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1555814662 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R51 |
| CLC: | R51-09 |
| Call Number: | R51-09/S553-1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index. The legacy of disease : porphyria and hemophilia -- The Irish potato blight -- Cholera -- Smallpox : the speckled monster -- Bubonic plague -- Syphilis : the great pox -- Tuberculosis : the people's plague -- Malaria -- Yellow fever : the saffron scourge -- The great influenza -- AIDS : the 21st century plague. |