The Wordsworth Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
Author: George C. Kohn
Publisher: Wordsworth Edition
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781853267536
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The Wordsworth Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
Author: George C. Kohn
Publisher:
Published: 1995-02-01
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780788191510
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Humanity has always been vulnerable to and fearful of infectious disease. This is the first and most comprehensive book available on plague and pestilence. The detailed entries give concise descriptions of nearly 700 epidemics, together with when and where a particular epidemic began, how and why it happened, who it affected, how it spread and ran its course, and its outcome and significance. Provides answers to questions such as: Where did the Black Death originate? How many kinds of plague were there? How widespread was polio? The book may be read as a history and geography of world diseases. Includes a timetable and geographical appendix.
Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
Author: George C. Kohn
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1438129238
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Third Edition is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference offering international coverage of this timely and fascinating subject. This updated volume provides concise descriptions of more than 700.
Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Fourth Edition
Author: George Childs Kohn
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
Published: 2021-11-01
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 1646937694
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Praise for the previous edition: "...the entries provide vivid historical detail...No other work approaches this topic in such a brief, encyclopedic manner...a useful addition to any academic reference collection..."-Choice "...a useful resource for high school and public libraries..."-Booklist "...does an excellent job...a conscious effort to put a human perspective on pestilence...Given the climate of the times and the concerns about bioterrorism, this title would be useful for a variety of subject areas. Recommended."-The Book Report Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to the COVID-19 pandemic, Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference offering international coverage of this timely and fascinating subject. This updated volume provides concise descriptions of more than 740 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak. Each detailed entry includes when and where a particular epidemic began, how and why it happened, who it affected, how it spread and ran its course, and its outcome and significance. Full-color and black-and-white photographs, maps, appendixes, a bibliography, and a chronology are also included. New and updated coverage includes: Cholera Cocoliztli COVID-19 Ebola H1N1 Hepatitis A HIV/AIDS Legionnaires' Disease Malaria MERS Rift Valley fever Typhoid Yellow Fever Zika
Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues
Biology of Plagues
Author: Susan Scott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-03-29
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 1139432303
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the last 100 years, it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the infective agent of bubonic plague, was responsible for these epidemics. This book combines modern concepts of epidemiology and molecular biology with computer-modelling. Applying these to the analysis of historical epidemics, the authors show that they were not, in fact, outbreaks of bubonic plague. Biology of Plagues offers a completely new interdisciplinary interpretation of the plagues of Europe and establishes them within a geographical, historical and demographic framework. This fascinating detective work will be of interest to readers in the social and biological sciences, and lessons learnt will underline the implications of historical plagues for modern-day epidemiology.
What Disease was Plague?
Author: Ole Benedictow
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-01-07
Total Pages: 762
ISBN-13: 900419391X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this monograph, the alternative theories to the established bubonic-plague theory as to the microbiological identity of historical plague epidemics are intensively discussed in the light of the historical sources and the medical primary research and standard works.
Patient Zero
Author: Lydia Kang
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2021-11-16
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1523513292
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did it start? Why did it spread? How do we stop it? Packed with one thrilling medical mystery after another, Patient Zero tells the curious story of 21 of the world’s worst diseases—including smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, AIDS—by combining Patient Zero narratives with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more. Discover the tragic story of Zaire schoolteacher Mabalo Lokela, whose relaxing vacation resulted in him becoming Patient Zero of Ebola virus disease. How a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. And what the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic has to teach us about Covid-19. (Guess what: There was an anti-mask movement back then, too)
Mediterranean quarantines, 1750–1914
Author: John Chircop
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1526115573
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mediterranean quarantines investigates how quarantine, the centuries-old practice of collective defence against epidemics, experienced significant transformations from the eighteenth century in the Mediterranean Sea, its original birthplace. The new epidemics of cholera and the development of bacteriology and hygiene, European colonial expansion, the intensification of commercial interchanges, the technological revolution in maritime and land transportation and the modernisation policies in Islamic countries were among the main factors behind such transformations. The book focuses on case studies on the European and Islamic shores of the Mediterranean showing the multidimensional nature of quarantine, the intimate links that sanitary administrations and institutions had with the territorial organisation of states, international trade, political regimes and the construction of national, colonial and professional identities
The Complete History of the Black Death
Author: Ole Jørgen Benedictow
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 1059
ISBN-13: 1783275162
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history. The first edition of The Black Death collected and analysed the many local studies on the disease published in a variety of languages and examined a range of scholarly papers. The medical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and the mortality in the countries and regions for which there are satisfactory studies, are clearly presented and thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace and seasonality of spread revealed through close scrutiny of these studies exactly reflect current medical work and standard studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's findings made it clear that the true mortality rate was far higher than had been previously thought. In the light of those findings, the discussion in the last part of the book showing the Black Death as a turning point in history takes on a new significance. OLE J. BENEDICTOW is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.
