Typhoid Fever by Richard Adler
Brand: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Product Description
In the 21st century typhoid fever afflicts over 21 million people each year primarily in underdeveloped countries. In the age before sanitation and antibiotics the infection was even more devastating crippling entire armies and claiming the lives of both rich and poor. The story of typhoid is in many ways the story of modern medicine itself with early efforts at treatment and prevention paving the way for our understanding of infectious disease in general. Many sought to understand and control the disease including Robert Koch and Walter Reed. There were unsung heroes as well Pierre Louis and William Gerhard among the first to identify the diseases unique nature William Budd whose studies demonstrated its transmission through feces and Georges Widal whose test for the disease continues to be used in some areas. This book chronicles the fight against typhoid in the words of these and other medical pioneers showing how far we have come and how far we have yet to go.
Condition : New
Author : Richard Adler
Weight : 458.83
Publisher : McFarland And Company Inc.
Language : English
EAN : 9780786497812
ISBN10 : 0786497815
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20172701
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 228
Dimensions : 229 X 152