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Yellow fever, black goddess : the coevolution of people and plagues / Christopher Wills.

Wills, Christopher. (Author). Helix book. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0201328186
  • ISBN: 9780201328189
  • Physical Description: xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Helix books."
"First published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Publishers under the title Plagues : their origins, history and future"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-317) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. The anatomy of plagues -- 1. The delicate balance between life and death -- 2. The penumbra of disease -- 3. The worst of times -- pt. 2. Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet -- 4. Four tales from the new decameron -- 5. Was the Indian plague actually plague, and if not why not? -- pt. 3. Naïve and cunning diseases -- 6. Cholera, the black one -- 7. A cleaver pathogen -- pt. 4. The challenge of the temperate zones -- 8. An ague very violent -- 9. syphilis and the Faustian bargain -- pt. 5. Plagues, populations and the biosphere -- 10. AIDS and the future of plagues -- 11. Safety in diversity -- 12. Why so many diseases?
Subject:
Epidemics > History.

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