02562nam 2200541 450 991079829970332120170919162523.01-4422-5651-6(CKB)3710000000604434(EBL)4427215(OCoLC)945612303(SSID)ssj0001623639(PQKBManifestationID)16360123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001623639(PQKBWorkID)14930621(PQKB)10765363(MiAaPQ)EBC4427215(EXLCZ)99371000000060443420160105h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican plagues lessons from our battles with disease /Stephen H. GehlbachUpdated edition.Lanham :Rowman Littlefield,[2016]©20161 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-5650-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Gunpowder and calomel : Benjamin Rush and the malignant yellow fever -- Doctors and ministers : smallpox in Boston, 1721 -- Noddle's Island experiment : Benjamin Waterhouse and vaccination -- Scourge of the middle west : autumnal fever and Daniel Drake -- Improving the numbers : Lemuel Shattuck's report -- Adirondack cure : consumption and Edward Trudeau -- The beginning and the end : epidemic poliomyelitis -- A cancer grows : Edward Murrow and the cigarette -- Searching America's heart : the Framingham study -- A cure for complacency : HIV/AIDS -- Too little, too much : healthcare related infections -- Another kind of plague : measles and misinformation.American Plagues relates stories of epidemics of our past-smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, polio-offering lessons that help us better understand health problems of today like HIV/AIDS, heart disease and Ebola. Readers learn about these past plagues, those who helped conquer them, and how they shed light on health information of today.EpidemicsUnited StatesHistoryCommunicable diseasesPreventionUnited StatesEpidemicsHistory.Communicable diseasesPrevention.614.4/0973Gehlbach Stephen H.1529748MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798299703321American plagues3774176UNINA