Cholera [[electronic resource] ] : the biography / / Christopher Hamlin

• Autore: Hamlin Christopher <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.5/14; 616.932
• Soggetto topico: Cholera - History - 19th century; Cholera - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cholera 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 devel
• Titolo autorizzato: Cholera
• ISBN: 1-383-04523-2; 1-282-38318-3; 9786612383182; 0-19-157170-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780902803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)