LEADER 03665nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910437996103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-74053-2 010 $a1-4614-4845-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-4845-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278089 035 $a(EBL)1030890 035 $a(OCoLC)820329407 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000795673 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11462877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000795673 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10784462 035 $a(PQKB)11235000 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-4845-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1030890 035 $a(PPN)168301350 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278089 100 $a20120907h20122013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn the blink of an eye $ethe deadly story of epidemic meningitis /$fAndrew W. Artenstein 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2012, c2013 215 $a1 online resource (148 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-4844-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aOrigins -- The Art and Science of Germs -- A Singular Disease -- A Very Mortal Disease -- Early Approaches at Therapy -- Antibiotics and Survival of the Fittest -- A Brief History of Vaccines -- That Soulble Specific Substance -- Towards a Vaccine -- Success for Half -- The Future of a Killer. 330 $aDescribing more than two centuries of epidemic meningitis, In the Blink of an Eye introduces a deadly and frightening bacterial infection of the brain?one that afflicts healthy children and young adults in dramatic fashion, often changing or taking lives in just hours or days.  Meningococcal meningitis is the culprit?causing sporadic cases as well as explosive, unpredictable outbreaks of disease throughout the world?leading to the deaths of dozens to hundreds of thousands every year.  Beginning with the case of a healthy teenage boy who rapidly succumbs to the disease, the book traces meningitis through its various social contexts.  From the acceptance of the germ theory of disease and the birth of the sister sciences of microbiology and immunology in the nineteenth century to the modern molecular era, the story traverses more than 200 years of medical history.  It leads us through the early descriptions of the disease, its impact on military forces, large outbreaks of meningitis in Africa and elsewhere, and the evolution of approaches to its treatment, control, and prevention.  In so doing, we witness the development of modern medical research and education, the discovery of antibiotics, the rapid emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, the invention of a novel class of vaccines, and learn the inner workings of disease processes and the human immune system.  The story of meningococcal meningitis?winding through the evolution of infectious diseases, the great European capitals of nineteenth century science, the Rockefeller Institute, the dye industry, Nazi Germany, military medicine, the Vietnam era, and prospects for an end to epidemic disease?parallels the rise of modern medical science. 606 $aMeningitis$xHistory 606 $aEpidemics$xHistory 615 0$aMeningitis$xHistory. 615 0$aEpidemics$xHistory. 676 $a616.82 676 $a616.8206 700 $aArtenstein$b Andrew W$0926169 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437996103321 996 $aIn the Blink of an Eye$92079566 997 $aUNINA