About this title: A noted medical historian places recent outbreaks of deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring diseases throughout history and of the ways in which humans have adapted. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822709ISBN:0684822709
Description: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times. No folds, marks; bright, fresh copy. 272 pp. Deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring diseases throughout history and of the ways in which humans have adapted. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780684822709ISBN:0684822709
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822709ISBN:0684822709
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1996-05-22
ISBN-13:9780684822709ISBN:0684822709
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TOUCHSTONE PRESS
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822709ISBN:0684822709
Description: New. From the mysterious ills that felled ancient man to the devastation wrought by AIDS to the emergence of Ebola fever, this is an enlightening, often frightening look at the dance with death that has engaged humankind throughout history. read more
"This is both an entertaining and enlightening history of some of the diseases that have plagued mankind over the centuries. I found the history of what are considered "childhood" diseases particularly interesting. Karlen discusses cholera, leprosy, cancer, AIDS, viral encephalitis, lethal Ebola fever, streptococcal "flesh-eating" infections and a host of other killers. He shows how the present wave of diseases arose with drastic environmental change, wars, acceleration of travel, the breakdown of public health measures, and microbial adaptation. It is a fascinating study and tour through the history of man and the microbes that have changed his life."
"Astonishingly entertaining and addictive! The evolution of microbes as if they were their own society, almost like watching a History Channel show on "The Visigoths" or somethin'! I don't read about science of health, but I like nonfiction. Each chapter was an utter delight presenting a story of a different microbe and how that disease evolved into what it is today. Feels like journalism. You will get hooked and read most of it in one day!"
"While a little dated (it was published in 1995, which is like 75 Science Years ago), this book manages quite well to convey the following themes: (1) suffering, scarring, and dying from infectious disease is the normal state of humanity; (2) we will always suffer, be scarred, and die from infectious diseases.
It's pretty informative, rather dry, and a bit erratic in structure (the author repeats certain sentences verbatim from earlier sections - could've used a stronger edit). I enjoyed it, but I work in the Ungodly Sciences."
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