Man Against Germs - The Dramatic story of man's war against cholera, tuberculosis, leprosy, bubonic plague, syphilis, typhoid, dysentery, poliomyelitis, smallpox, yellow fever, influenza, typhus, rickettsia, the new "Q fever,"

A, L, Baron PH.D

Dutton

1957

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-1: 0

Cholera - The terror that originated in India.
Tuberculosis - The urban disease that flourished in the Roman Empire.
Leprosy - Older than the Old Testament, it first appeared in Asia.
Bubonic Plague - Basically a disease of rats.
Syphilis - Columbus either brought it to the New World or took it back home with him
Typhoid Fever - A disease of filth, today a problem of unknown human carriers.
Dysentery - The "griping in the guts" goes back to men of the Stone Age.
Poliomyelitis - A disease of sanitation.
Smallpox - First heard of in 164 B.C
Yellow Fever - In large measure the story of Walter Reed and the mosquito and of Dr. Benjamin Rush's fatal "cures."
Influenza - Caused by a virus but that is all that is known.
Typhus - Carried by lice and first known in the Dark Ages.
Rickettsial Germs - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Trench Fever are of Rickettsial origin and the latest development in the war between man and germs is a mutation of the Rickettsia, which cause the illness now known as "Q (for query) Fever."