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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      April 2012
      October 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511710773
      9781108015899
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511710773
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      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.72kg, 518 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
      Subjects:
      Infectious Disease, Medicine, History, History of Medicine
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
    Subjects:
    Infectious Disease, Medicine, History, History of Medicine
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    The bubonic plague, in various forms, has been devastating human populations and affecting the very course of history for over 3000 years. This 1905 study by a renowned expert in the field represents the extent of early twentieth-century knowledge of a disease which was still killing millions at the time of first publication. Charting the history of the plague and its spread across the world, Simpson examines the causes of the disease, including the role of living conditions and poverty, as well as strategies for quarantine, prevention and treatment. Featuring autopsy reports, statistical data, photographs illustrating the symptoms and accounts of medical investigation of all aspects of the plague, this is a comprehensive and arresting overview of the disease. The book also features the full text of the 1903 International Sanitary Convention of Paris which was a response to the 1896 outbreak in India and China.

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