The Power of Plagues

Univ. of California, Riverside. Text examines epidemic diseases within an historical context. Chapters present individual, independent plague stories complemented by relevant historical illustrations. Topics include Black Death, HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, and more. For clinicians. DNLM: Communicable Diseases - history.

Irwin W. Sherman, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside, graduated with honors in Biology from the City College of New York

Preface

vii

1. The Nature of Plagues

1

(22)

2. Plagues, the Price of Being Sedentary

23

(20)

3. Six Plagues of Antiquity

43

(24)

4. An Ancient Plague, the Black Death

67

(22)

5. A Modern Plague, AIDS

89

(28)

6. Typhus, A Fever Plague

117

(18)

7. Malaria, Another Fever Plague

135

(24)

8. King Cholera

159

(32)

9. Smallpox, The Spotted Plague

191

(20)

10. Preventing Plagues

211

(20)

11. The Plague Protectors

231

(24)

12. The Great Pox Syphilis

255

(20)

13. The People's Plague: Tuberculosis

275

(28)

14. Leprosy, the Striking Hand of God

303

(10)

15. Six Plagues of Africa

313

(42)

16. Plagues without Germs

355

(28)

17. Plagues On Order

383

(18)

Appendix. Cells and Viruses

401

(4)

General Works on Disease and History

405

(2)

Notes

407

(12)

Index

419

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