Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
by Kohn, George C.Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
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Summary
From the Philistine plague to the "Mad Cow" disease scare, the Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence traces the roles that diseases have played throughout world history and provides information on more than 700 major epidemics and their effects on civilization.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | vii | ||||
| Preface | ix | ||||
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1 | (388) | |||
| Appendix 1 Entries by Disease | 389 | (9) | |||
| Appendix 2 Geographical List of Entries | 398 | (9) | |||
| Appendix 3 Timetable of Plague and Pestilence | 407 | (14) | |||
| Bibliography | 421 | (16) | |||
| Index | 437 |
Excerpts
Praise for the previous edition:
...factual, yet fascinating...Although it is a reference book, it may be read as history and geography of world diseases.–-School Library Journal
Although other reference sources discuss specific infectious diseases...none offers such a complete catalog of specific epidemics covering as long a time span. Recommended...–-CHOICE
...the articles are informative, making this a useful ready-reference
source.–-Library Journal
...a good source for high school and public libraries.--Booklist
A highly accessible comprehensive reference...–-Book News
...a worthy, significant, and welcome addition to the reference
literature.–-Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of eleventh century B.C. to the recent Mad Cow disease scare, the Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Revised Edition remains the only single-volume, A-to-Z reference offering comprehensive international coverage of the subject.
This volume provides concise descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak. Each detailed entry includes when and where a particular epidemic began, how and why it happened, who it affected, how it spread and ran its course, and its outcome and significance. New features include a foreword written by an expert on infectious diseases, and updated indexes and appendixes, including a new appendix listing the entries alphabetically by disease.
Coverage includes:
Smallpox (France, 580)
Black Death (Europe, 1347-1380s)
Yellow Fever (Philadelphia, 1793)
Congolese Sleeping Sickness (Congo, 1895-1906)
Anthrax (Russia, 1979)
Malaria (Madagascar, 1987-1988)
HIV/AIDS Pandemic (Worldwide, 1987-present)
Hantavirus (United States, 1993)
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) (Brazil, 1996)
Ebola outbreak (Uganda, 2000).
...factual, yet fascinating...Although it is a reference book, it may be read as history and geography of world diseases.–-School Library Journal
Although other reference sources discuss specific infectious diseases...none offers such a complete catalog of specific epidemics covering as long a time span. Recommended...–-CHOICE
...the articles are informative, making this a useful ready-reference
source.–-Library Journal
...a good source for high school and public libraries.--Booklist
A highly accessible comprehensive reference...–-Book News
...a worthy, significant, and welcome addition to the reference
literature.–-Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of eleventh century B.C. to the recent Mad Cow disease scare, the Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Revised Edition remains the only single-volume, A-to-Z reference offering comprehensive international coverage of the subject.
This volume provides concise descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak. Each detailed entry includes when and where a particular epidemic began, how and why it happened, who it affected, how it spread and ran its course, and its outcome and significance. New features include a foreword written by an expert on infectious diseases, and updated indexes and appendixes, including a new appendix listing the entries alphabetically by disease.
Coverage includes:
Smallpox (France, 580)
Black Death (Europe, 1347-1380s)
Yellow Fever (Philadelphia, 1793)
Congolese Sleeping Sickness (Congo, 1895-1906)
Anthrax (Russia, 1979)
Malaria (Madagascar, 1987-1988)
HIV/AIDS Pandemic (Worldwide, 1987-present)
Hantavirus (United States, 1993)
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) (Brazil, 1996)
Ebola outbreak (Uganda, 2000).
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