LEADER 02562nam 2200541 450 001 9910809973703321 005 20170919162523.0 010 $a1-4422-5651-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000604434 035 $a(EBL)4427215 035 $a(OCoLC)945612303 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001623639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16360123 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001623639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14930621 035 $a(PQKB)10765363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4427215 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000604434 100 $a20160105h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican plagues $elessons from our battles with disease /$fStephen H. Gehlbach 205 $aUpdated edition. 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman Littlefield,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-5650-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGunpowder 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. 330 $aAmerican 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. 606 $aEpidemics$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention 607 $aUnited States 615 0$aEpidemics$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention. 676 $a614.4/0973 700 $aGehlbach$b Stephen H.$01711241 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809973703321 996 $aAmerican plagues$94102420 997 $aUNINA