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A lively history of deadly diseases
From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, comes the fascinating history of disease outbreaks; how they start, spread, and how we race to destroy them. Written in the authors’ lively style and heavily illustrated, chapters include page-turning medical stories about diseases like smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, and HIV.
Learn the tragic stories of Patient Zeros like Mabalo Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the Lewis Baby of London, the first to catch cholera in an 1854 outbreak. You’ll also learn how a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man, the uneasy history of human autopsy and more.
Additional Book Details
Pages: | 400 |
Release Date: | November 9, 2021 |
ISBN: | 9781523513291 |
Club ID: | 1426303 |
Format: | Regular Print |