Ending epidemics : a history of escape from contagion / Richard Conniff.
By: Conniff, Richard [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2023Description: xvi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262047968.Subject(s): Epidemics -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "From the discovery of microorganisms to the end of smallpox, the story of how we came to understand the infectious diseases that once killed us & how we might escape such diseases in the future"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"From the discovery of microorganisms to the end of smallpox, the story of how we came to understand the infectious diseases that once killed us & how we might escape such diseases in the future"--