American plagues lessons from our battles with disease / Stephen H. Gehlbach, MD, MPH.

Author/creator Gehlbach, Stephen H.
Format Electronic
EditionUpdated edition.
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Descriptionix, 301 pages ; illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016000169
ISBN9781442256507 (cloth : alk. paper)

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