A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and their patient zeros), plus chapters on the science, culture, and cures for different types of epidemics and pandemics. Popular reading on a timely topic.
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and their patient zeros), plus chapters on the science, culture, and cures for different types of epidemics and pandemics. Popular reading on a timely topic.
Lydia Kang, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction and adult fiction. Her YA novels include Control, Catalyst, and the upcoming The November Girl. Her adult fiction debut is entitled A Beautiful Poison. Her nonfiction has been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine. This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau.Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including in the Guardian, the Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Art of Manliness.
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PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World’s Most Deadly Diseases
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: INFECTION Patient Zero: Ergotism Zoonoses: Making the Leap Patient Zero: Ebola Germ Theory: From Miasma to Microscopes Patient Zero: Plague Autopsy: From Humoral Theory to Grave Robbing Patient Zero: Hep C Anatomy of an Outbreak Patient Zero: Covid-19 Quackery Cures Patient Zero: Yellow Fever Patient Zero: Mad Cow Disease
Part II: SPREAD Patient Zero: HIV Patient Zero: Typhus Leprosy Patient Zero: Typhoid Mary Indigenous Peoples & the Columbian Exchange: The “Exchange” Was Not Equal Patient Zero: Syphilis Crypto Outbreak Patient Zero: Measles
Part 3: CONTAINMENT Patient Zero: 1918 Influenza Vaccines: From Variolation to Messenger RNA Patient Zero: Polio Cancer-Disease Link Patient Zero: Cholera Anthrax & Biological Warfare: The Weaponization of Disease Patient Zero: Rabies Tuberculosis Patient Zero: Last Smallpox case Medical Advancements
PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World’s Most Deadly Diseases
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: INFECTION Patient Zero: Ergotism Zoonoses: Making the Leap Patient Zero: Ebola Germ Theory: From Miasma to Microscopes Patient Zero: Plague Autopsy: From Humoral Theory to Grave Robbing Patient Zero: Hep C Anatomy of an Outbreak Patient Zero: Covid-19 Quackery Cures Patient Zero: Yellow Fever Patient Zero: Mad Cow Disease
Part II: SPREAD Patient Zero: HIV Patient Zero: Typhus Leprosy Patient Zero: Typhoid Mary Indigenous Peoples & the Columbian Exchange: The “Exchange” Was Not Equal Patient Zero: Syphilis Crypto Outbreak Patient Zero: Measles
Part 3: CONTAINMENT Patient Zero: 1918 Influenza Vaccines: From Variolation to Messenger RNA Patient Zero: Polio Cancer-Disease Link Patient Zero: Cholera Anthrax & Biological Warfare: The Weaponization of Disease Patient Zero: Rabies Tuberculosis Patient Zero: Last Smallpox case Medical Advancements
Acknowledgments Index Credits About the Authors
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