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Man and microbes : disease and plagues in history and modern times / Arno Karlen

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Author:
Karlen, Arno  Search this
Physical description:
266 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
1995
Notes:
"A Touchstone book."
Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's, 1995.
Contents:
A epidemic of epidemics -- The first shocks -- Revolutions -- Splendor and plague -- Ruthless cure -- The flying corpses of Kaffa -- The deadliest weapon -- Microbes reply -- Victory, it seems -- A garden of germs -- An old thread, new twists -- Inviting infection -- From this time on
Topic:
Epidemics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_629354