A history of infectious diseases and the microbial world

A history of infectious diseases and the microbial world / Lois N. Magner.

Author/creator	Magner, Lois N., 1943-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Description	xxiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Communicable diseases--History. Microbiology--History. Medical microbiology--History. Communicable Diseases--history. Bioterrorism. Communicable Disease Control--history. Disease Outbreaks--history. Microbiology--history. Virus Diseases--history.

Series	Healing society--disease, medicine, and history, 1933-5938 Healing society--disease, medicine, and history. ^A1048221
Contents	Disease and history : an overview -- Miasma, contagion, and the germ theory of disease -- Microbiology and the foundations of modern surgery and therapy -- Viruses and viral diseases -- Sanitary reform, public health, and the battle against filth and epidemic diseases -- The art and science of preventing and controlling epidemic diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Biological weapons and bioterrorism -- Infectious agents and new concepts : from chronic diseases to the microbiome.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.
LCCN	2008051885
ISBN	9780275995041 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0275995046 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	RA643 .M32 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold