Thomas M Daniel

Captain of Death

The Story of Tuberculosis

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Produktbeschreibung

Tuberculosis was once the feared "White Plague". Today, with sanatoria closed and a battery of drugs available to fight it, TB may seem to be on the way out. The grim facts tell a different story. Tuberculosis kills over 3,000,000 people in the world every year, more than AIDS, malaria, and tropical diseases combined. It is the leading infectious disease cause of death, and represents more than one-quarter of the world's preventable deaths. Captain of Death: The Story of Tuberculosis recounts the early evidence of the disease, the stories of some notable people who suffered from it, the work of those who cared for afflicted patients, and the struggle of researchers to understand it and develop effective treatments for it. The book brings to the reader a clear understanding of the past, present, and future of the disease John Bunyon called "Captain among these Men of Death" in 1660.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 303
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781580460705
• ISBN-10: 1580460704
• Artikelnr.: 22258173

Autorenporträt

Thomas M. Daniel

Inhaltsangabe

An Egyptian Girl: A Peruvian Boy Kos, Alexandria, and Rome The Middle Ages
and Beyond The Relentless Tide The Hope for Eradication The Failed Conquest
Etude Animalcula Robert Koch and the Tubercle Bacillus A Distinctly
Preventable Disease Heroes Two Men of Letters Brownish Transparent Liquid A
Family Affair Bacille Calmette-Guerin Four Cornerposts of Science The
Cursed Duet Victories Wolf's Liver and Sea Voyages False Hope Places Apart
Collapse and Mutilation Magic Bullet Microbe Killers One One-Hundredth of
an Ounce of Prevention Hope in Haiti