Riders of the Plagues: The Story of the Conquest of Disease
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xiv, [2], 348 pp. Includes frontispiece of The Black Death, engraved title page, and seven plates comprising eight illustrations in text. An epidemiological study examining historical plagues and other widespread illnesses like yellow fever and tuberculosis, the history of sanitation and public health, surgery, anaesthesia, sterilization, etc. Also discusses notable figures in medical history such as Louis Pasteur and Florence Nightingale.
