A history of infectious diseases and the microbial world / Lois N. Magner.

SeriesHealing society--disease, medicine, and history, 1933-5938
Healing society--disease, medicine, and history. ^A1048221
Contents Disease and history : an overview -- Miasma, contagion, and the germ theory of disease -- Microbiology and the foundations of modern surgery and therapy -- Viruses and viral diseases -- Sanitary reform, public health, and the battle against filth and epidemic diseases -- The art and science of preventing and controlling epidemic diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Biological weapons and bioterrorism -- Infectious agents and new concepts : from chronic diseases to the microbiome.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.
LCCN 2008051885
ISBN9780275995041 (alk. paper)
ISBN0275995046 (alk. paper)