American plagues : lessons from our battles with disease / / Stephen H. Gehlbach

• Autore: Gehlbach Stephen H.
• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Rowman Littlefield, , [2016]; ©2016
• Edizione: Updated edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4/0973
• Soggetto topico: Epidemics - United States - History; Communicable diseases - Prevention
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: American plagues
• ISBN: 1-4422-5651-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809973703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II