02679nam 2200637Ia 450 991078090280332120230721005606.01-383-04523-21-282-38318-397866123831820-19-157170-9(CKB)2550000000003207(EBL)472282(OCoLC)505429924(SSID)ssj0000335770(PQKBManifestationID)11241243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335770(PQKBWorkID)10277402(PQKB)11716679(Au-PeEL)EBL472282(CaPaEBR)ebr10358295(Au-PeEL)EBL4702585(CaONFJC)MIL238318(OCoLC)1024277712(MiAaPQ)EBC472282(EXLCZ)99255000000000320720120221d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCholera[electronic resource] the biography /Christopher HamlinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (355 p.)Biographies of diseaseDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-954624-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of illustrations; Prologue: Home alone; 1 Cholera: the very idea; 2 Cholera finds itself; 3 Citizen cholera; 4 Cholera confuses; 5 Cholera goes into analysis, and dies; 6 Cholera's last laugh; Glossary; Notes; Further reading; IndexCholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come within hours.Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe, which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before John Snow identified the link with water, it is still a serious threat in many parts of the world - Zimbabwe is a recent example. Snow's discovery was one of the great breakthroughs of epidemiology and a wonderful story from the history of science. Later came the discovery of the culprit organism - Cholera vibrio - understanding of its life cycle, and the develBiographies of disease (Oxford, England)CholeraHistory19th centuryCholeraHistory20th centuryCholeraHistoryCholeraHistory614.5/14616.932Hamlin Christopher1951-1120283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780902803321Cholera3717398UNINA