American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease

by Stephen H. Gehlbach and Stephen H. Gehlbach MD MPH

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442256508
• ISBN13: 9781442256507
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"