Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease /

"Throughout history, mankind's working theories regarding the cause of infectious disease have shifted drastically, as cultures developed their philosophic, religious, and scientific beliefs. Plagues that were originally attributed to the wrath of the gods were later described as having no...

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Main Author: Santer, Melvin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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