Bibliograph

The power of plagues, Irwin W. Sherman

Type

Label

The power of plagues, Irwin W. Sherman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-419) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The power of plagues

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62302272

Responsibility statement

Irwin W. Sherman

Table Of Contents

The nature of plagues -- Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- Six plagues of antiquity -- An ancient plague, the black death -- A modern plague, AIDS -- Typhus, a fever plague -- Malaria, another fever plague -- King cholera -- Smallpox, the spotted plague -- Preventing plagues -- The plague protectors -- The great pox syphilis -- The people's plague: tuberculosis -- Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- Six plagues of Africa -- Plagues without germs -- Plagues on order

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