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Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history / edited by Peter Furtado.
Contributor(s): Furtado, Peter [editor.]
.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 2022Description: 335 pages : black and white illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500296134.Subject(s): Epidemics -- History | Plague -- HistoryDDC classification: 614.49
Contents:
I. The ancient world -- Athenian plague -- Antonine plague -- II. The hristian world -- Plague of Justinian -- Leprosy -- The black death -- Sweating sickness -- III. Pandemics of the age of empire -- Syphilis -- New world smallpox -- Cocoliztli epidemic -- The great plague -- IV. Cities, science and public health -- Cholera -- Yellow fever -- Typhus and typhoid fever -- Third plague pandemic -- Smallpox : from treatment to eradication -- V. The 20th century -- 'Spanish flu' -- Poliomyelitis -- Asian flu and Hong Kong flu -- VI. Pandemics in a globalized world -- AIDS -- Ebola -- Coronavirus.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 614.49 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021064 |
I. The ancient world -- Athenian plague -- Antonine plague -- II. The hristian world -- Plague of Justinian -- Leprosy -- The black death -- Sweating sickness -- III. Pandemics of the age of empire -- Syphilis -- New world smallpox -- Cocoliztli epidemic -- The great plague -- IV. Cities, science and public health -- Cholera -- Yellow fever -- Typhus and typhoid fever -- Third plague pandemic -- Smallpox : from treatment to eradication -- V. The 20th century -- 'Spanish flu' -- Poliomyelitis -- Asian flu and Hong Kong flu -- VI. Pandemics in a globalized world -- AIDS -- Ebola -- Coronavirus.