American Plagues
Lessons From Our Battles With Disease
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Word Count
68,250 words, Guess
Page Count
273 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveamericanplagues00step
- Internet Archiveamericanplaguesl0000gehl
- ISBN-100071437908
- ISBN-139780071437905
- Goodreads469492
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- LibraryThing143448
- Library of Congress Control Number2004049971
- Better World Books9780071437905
- Open LibraryOL7300513M
Classifications
- LCCRA650.5 .G445 2005
- LCCRA650.5.A57 2004
Description
"This book conveys readers through many of the most important epidemics in U.S. history. Stephen Gehibach unveils terrifying scenanios in which unknown diseases raged across the countryside, claiming lives as they went. Their names - yellow fever, smallpox, polio - evoke fear even today. This collection of narratives also introduces well-known characters who played pivotal and often controversial roles in the outbreaks and who were first to identify and begin the conquest of these dreaded plagues." "A fascinating account for the general reader as well as for public health, medical, nursing, and allied health students, American Plagues teaches important public health concepts."--Jacket.
First Sentence
It was well after ten o'clock and the mid-September evening in 1793 was turning unusually cool.
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