Great American Diseases : Their Effects on the Course of North American History 1st Edition

Great American Diseases : Their Effects on the Course of North American History – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780323989251,032398925X,9780323989268, 0323989268

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0323989268
• ISBN 13: 9780323989268
• Author: Ian R. Tizard

Great American Diseases: Their Effects on the Course of North American History presents medical history as it pertains to the major infectious diseases of North America. The book is designed to provide an interesting and engaging introduction to microbiology, immunology and epidemiology. With the advent of COVID-19, this book will serve as a reference on the history of previous epidemics. The book presents pandemics in an easy-to-read volume and provides concise chapters on the history of a disease, progression of understanding on the pathogen (agent of the disease), and their social ramifications through the history of North America.

Table contents:

Chapter One: Infectious diseases and their causes

Chapter Two: Immunity and recovery from infectious diseases

Chapter Three: Diseases among the first inhabitants

Chapter Four: Tuberculosis—Another ancient disease

Chapter Five: Syphilis and the Columbian exchange

Chapter Six: Malaria and the ague—1492

Chapter Seven: Smallpox—1519: The first vaccines

Chapter Eight: Measles—1531: Almost gone!

Chapter Nine: Typhoid and typhus—1607: Smelly differences

Chapter Ten: Yellow fever—1647: Mosquito-borne invader

Chapter Eleven: Cholera—1832: A worldwide pandemic

Chapter Twelve: Poliomyelitis—1841: The triumph of vaccination

Chapter Thirteen: Infectious diseases and the Civil War

Chapter Fourteen: Plague and San Francisco—1900

Chapter Fifteen: Influenza—1918: A wartime pandemic

Chapter Sixteen: A completely new disease: AIDS-1981

Chapter Seventeen: Panic and neglect—2000–2018

Chapter Eighteen: COVID-19: Not just another respiratory virus—2020

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