Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world
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- ISBN: 9781610397674
- ISBN: 1610397673
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Physical Description:
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viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - Edition: First US Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical resources (pages 298-317) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The elephant in the room -- part 1. The unwalled city: Coughs and sneezes ; The monads of Leibniz -- part 2. Anatomy of a pandemic: Ripples on a pond ; Like a thief in the night -- part 3. Manhu, or What is it?: Disease eleven ; The doctors' dilemma ; The wrath of God -- part 4. The survival instinct: Chalking doors with crosses ; The placebo effect ; Good Samaritans -- part 5. Post mortem: The hunt for patient zero ; Counting the dead -- part 6. Science redeemed: Aenigmoplasma influenzae ; Beware the barnyard ; The human factor -- part 7. The post-flu world: The green shoots of recovery ; Alternate histories ; Anti-science, science ; Healthcare for all? ; War and peace ; Melancholy muse -- part 8. Roscoe's legacy -- Afterword: On memory. |
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Subject: | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Influenza History 20th century Communicable diseases History Epidemiology History |
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