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Author | : Dr. Alfred Jay Bollet, MD |
Publisher | : Demos Medical Publishing |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2004-06-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1934559385 |
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Since publication of the initial version of Plagues & 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 history and knowledge of those diseases that are thought to be potential candidates for intentional spread by bioterrorists. Among the many topics discussed are: How the spread of smallpox and measles among previously unexposed populations in the Americas, the introduction of malaria and yellow fever from Africa via the importation of slaves into the Western hemisphere, and the importation of syphilis to Europe all are related to the modern interchange of diseases such as AIDS. How the ever-larger populations in the cities of Europe and North America gave rise to "crowd diseases" such as polio by permitting the existence of sufficient numbers of non-immune people in sufficient numbers to keep the diseases from dying out. How the domestication of animals allowed diseases of animals to affect humans, or perhaps become genetically modified to become epidemic human diseases. Why the concept of deficiency diseases was not understood before the early twentieth century; disease, after all, was the presence of something abnormal, how could it be due to the absence of something? In fact, the first epidemic disease in human history probably was iron deficiency anemia. How changes in the availability and nature of specific foods have affected the size of population groups and their health throughout history. The introduction of potatoes to Ireland and corn to Europe, and the relationship between the modern technique of rice milling and beriberi, all illustrate the fragile nutritional state that results when any single vegetable crop is the main source of food. Why biological warfare is not a new phenomenon. There have been attempts to intentionally cause epidemic disease almost since the dawn of recorded history, including the contamination of wells and other water sources of armies and civilian populations; of course, the spread of smallpox to Native Americans during the French and Indian War is known to every schoolchild. With our increased technology, it is not surprising that we now have to deal with problems such as weaponized spores of anthrax.
Author | : Alfred J. Bollet |
Publisher | : Demos Medical Publishing |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2004-06 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 188879979X |
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Annotation - infectious diseases- non-infectious diseases- bioterrorism.
Author | : Kenneth F. Kiple |
Publisher | : Phoenix |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Communicable diseases |
ISBN | : 9780753807125 |
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Covering some of humankind's most notorious diseases, this book describes, with individual examples, the changing historical relationships between humans and their diseases, many of which they have helped to create. Contemporary illustrations show how the diseases were perceived in the past.
Author | : Elizabeth A. Fenn |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2002-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780809078219 |
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A horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across the Americas when the War of Independence began, and yet little is known about it. Fenn reveals how deeply "variola" affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone in North America. Illustrations.
Author | : Richard Platt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Animals as carriers of disease |
ISBN | : 9780753431689 |
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Tells the history of diseases and epidemics and presents some information on efforts to fight them.
Author | : Alfred J. Bollet |
Publisher | : Demos Medical Publishing |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Cross Giblin |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1997-04-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0064461955 |
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Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history—the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS—chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it is also a fascinating read."—SLJ. Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) Notable Children's Trade Books in Social Studies 1996 (NCSS/CBC) 1995 Young Adult Editors’ Choices (BL) 1995 Top of the List Non Fiction (BL) 1996 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) Notable Children’s Books of 1996 (ALA)
Author | : John Townsend |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781410925466 |
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Describes the history of disease and infection from ancient times to the present.
Author | : Jon Arrizabalaga |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300069341 |
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A century and a half after the Black Death killed over a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox - commonly known as the French Disease - brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies for years, causing acute pain, disfigurement and ultimately an agonising death. The authors analyse the symptoms of the Great Pox and the identity of patients, richly documented in the records of the massive hospital of 'incurables' established in early sixteenth-century Rome. They show how the disease threw accepted medical theory and practice into confusion and provoked public disputations among university teachers. And at the most practical level they reveal the plight of its victims at all levels of society, from ecclesiastical lords to the poor who begged in the streets. Examining a range of contexts from princely courts and republics to university faculties, confraternities and hospitals, the authors argue powerfully for a historical understanding of the Great Pox based on contemporary perceptions rather than on a retrospective diagnosis of what later generations came to know as 'syphilis'.
Author | : John Aberth |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2011-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442207965 |
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Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even without the modern wonders of antibiotic drugs and other medical treatments, is an even more crucial lesson to learn now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. Aberth's comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.