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010 a| 2005031975;

020 a| 1555813569;

020 a| 9781555813567;

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035 a| (OCoLC)62302272;

049 a| NEHH;

100 1 a| Sherman, Irwin W.=| ^A971765;

245 14 a| The power of plagues /c| Irwin W. Sherman.;

300 a| ix, 431 pages :b| illustrations, maps, portraits ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and index.;

505 00 t| Preface --g| 1.t| The nature of plagues --g| 2.t| Plagues, the price of being sedentary --g| 3.t| Six plagues of antiquity --g| 4.t| An ancient plague, the black death --g| 5.t| A modern plague, AIDS --g| 6.t| Typhus, a fever plague --g| 7.t| Malaria, another fever plague --g| 8.t| King cholera --g| 9.t| Smallpox, the spotted plague --g| 10.t| Preventing plagues --g| 11.t| The plague protectors --g| 12.t| The great pox syphilis --g| 13.t| The people's plague : tuberculosis --g| 14.t| Leprosy, the striking hand of God --g| 15.t| Six plagues of Africa --g| 16.t| Plagues without germs --g| 17.t| Plagues on order --t| Appendix : Cells and viruses --t| General works on disease and history --t| Notes --t| Index.;

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650 0 a| Epidemicsx| History.=| ^A4445;

650 0 a| Diseases and history.=| ^A258852;

650 12 a| Communicable Diseasesx| history.=| ^A919565;

650 22 a| Communicable Disease Controlx| history.=| ^A920287;

650 22 a| Disease Outbreaksx| history.=| ^A919052;

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The power of plagues / Irwin W. Sherman.

Author/creator	Sherman, Irwin W.
Other author	American Society for Microbiology.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2006.
Description	ix, 431 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Subjects	Communicable diseases--History. Epidemics--History. Diseases and history. Communicable Diseases--history. Communicable Disease Control--history. Disease Outbreaks--history.

Contents	Preface -- 1. The nature of plagues -- 2. Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- 3. Six plagues of antiquity -- 4. An ancient plague, the black death -- 5. A modern plague, AIDS -- 6. Typhus, a fever plague -- 7. Malaria, another fever plague -- 8. King cholera -- 9. Smallpox, the spotted plague -- 10. Preventing plagues -- 11. The plague protectors -- 12. The great pox syphilis -- 13. The people's plague : tuberculosis -- 14. Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- 15. Six plagues of Africa -- 16. Plagues without germs -- 17. Plagues on order -- Appendix : Cells and viruses -- General works on disease and history -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN	2005031975
ISBN	1555813569
ISBN	9781555813567

The power of plagues / Irwin W. Sherman.

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