Plagues & Poxes : The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease

PREFACE xi INTRODUCTION UNINTENTIONAL CAUSES OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES THE IMPACT OF HUMAN HISTORY ON DISEASE 1(14) PART ONE INFECTIOUS DISEASES 15(124) BUBONIC PLAGUE THE PROTOTYPE OF PANDEMIC DISASTERS 17(14) THE "LITTLE FLIES" THAT BROUGHT DEATH, PART 1 MALARIA OR THE BURNING AGUE 31(14) THE "LITTLE FLIES" THAT BROUGHT DEATH, PART 2 YELLOW FEVER 45(22) SYPHILIS THE GREAT POX 67(8) THE SMALL POX 75(16) CHOLERA AND THE WORLDWIDE PLAGUES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 91(12) THE GREAT INFLUENZA PANDEMIC OF 1918-1919 PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON AND THE BLITZKATARRH 103(16) POLIOMYELITIS WHY DID FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT GET INFANTILE PARALYSIS AS AN ADULT? 119(20) PART TWO NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES 139(64) BERIBERI AN EPIDEMIC AFFECTING RICE-EATERS 141(12) THE PELLAGRA EPIDEMICS THE THREE M's PRODUCE THE FOUR D's 153(20) SCURVY THE PURPURA NAUTICA 173(18) RICKETS THE ENGLISH DISEASE 191(6) GOUT THE DISEASE OF GOOD LIVING 197(6) PART THREE INTENTIONALLY INDUCED AND NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES 203(28) ANTHRAX FROM WOOLSORTER'S DISEASE TO TERRORISM 205(10) BOTULISM FROM BAD FOOD TO TERRORISM 215(6) THE SARS EPIDEMIC A NEW DISEASE RETRACES THE EXPERIENCE WITH OLDER DISEASES 221(10) INDEX 231