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A history of infectious diseases and the microbial world
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A history of infectious diseases and the microbial world

Author: Lois N Magner
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Series: Healing society--disease, medicine, and history.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lois N Magner
ISBN: 9780275995041 0275995046
OCLC Number: 276996254
Description: xxiv, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Series Title: Healing society--disease, medicine, and history.
Responsibility: Lois N. Magner.

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