Disease

The Story of Disease and Mankind's Continuing Struggle Against It

Ranked #85 in Microbiology, Ranked #92 in Diseases

Essays on 50 key diseases, plagues and epidemics function both as self contained mini histories of individual diseases and as part of a larger narrative chronicling the history of medicine. Includes timelines, boxed features on significant medical breakthroughs, fascinating case histories, anecdotes and medical curiosities. Contains 150 color photographs. less

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