Ending Epidemics
A History of Escape from Contagion
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- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2025
Summary
After the unprecedented events of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be hard to imagine a time not so long ago when deadly diseases were a routine part of life. It is harder still to fathom that the best medical thinking at that time blamed these diseases on noxious miasmas, bodily humors, and divine dyspepsia. This all began to change on a day in April 1676, when a little-known Dutch merchant described bacteria for the first time.
Beginning on that day in Delft and ending on the day in 19…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552974 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262552973 |
| Author: | Richard Conniff |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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”[A] highly readable history of epidemic diseases and vaccinologists, from the first description of bacteria in 1676 to the eradication of smallpox in 1978.“—Nature “Conniff gives us the development of immunology and antibiotics —famously the work of Louis Pasteur, Alexander Fleming, Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich—in easy-to-swallow chunks.”—TLS
About The Author
Richard Conniff
Richard Conniff is a National Magazine Award-winning writer for Smithsonian magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and other publications, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. Among his many books are The Species Seekers- Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth; Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time- My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals; The Natural History of the Rich- A Field Guide; and, most recently, House of Lost Worlds- Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth. Conniff has been a commentator on NPR’s Marketplace and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
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