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"Plague: A Very Short Introduction explores the historical and social impact of plague from the earliest times. Throughout history, plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes, from the Black Death of 1348 to devastating epidemics in China and India in the late 1800s. Today, Corona-virus serves as a powerful reminder that we have not escaped the global impact of epidemic diseases. This VSI demonstrates the influence of plague on modern notions of government and public health, examining how plague has been interpreted in different times and place. It includes evidence from ancient DNA on the nature of plague and the latest research on plague in the Middle East"--


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  • Author : Paul Slack
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : Medical
  • Total Pages : 161 pages
  • ISBN : 0198871112
  • PDF File Size : 33,7 Mb
  • Language : English
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Plague: a Very Short Introduction

Plague: a Very Short Introduction
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
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  • Release Date : 06 May 2024
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"Plague: A Very Short Introduction explores the historical and social impact of plague from the earliest times. Throughout history, plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes, from the

Plague: A Very Short Introduction

Plague: A Very Short Introduction
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  • Release Date : 22 March 2012
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In this very short introduction, Paul Slack explores the historical and cultural impact of plague over the centuries. He examines not only its identity, causes, and effects, but also how

Plague: A Very Short Introduction

Plague: A Very Short Introduction
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
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  • Release Date : 22 March 2012
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As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic

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Cultures of Plague opens a new chapter in the history of medicine. Neither the plague nor the ideas it stimulated were static, fixed in a timeless Galenic vacuum over five

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  • Release Date : 31 July 2008
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Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this i Very Short Introduction/i surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing

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  • Release Date : 25 February 2010
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What is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease and its main aim