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ID:
011423
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Green Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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| Summary/Abstract |
Explore the killer diseases of the world past and present, explaining how they spread rapidly to affect huge numbers of people at a time.
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Chapeter one: Death and disease
First epidemics
Body defences
Disease detectives
Childhood diseases
Bad eating
Famine and blight
Summary
Chapter two: Plagues and pestilence
The Black Death
Medieval sickness
The Great Pox
Vulnerable to attack
Plague in London
Summary
Chapter three: Old and new
White death
Pandemic cholera
Public health
Endemic diseases
Colds and flu
Fatal flu
Beating smallpox
Germ warfare
Hiv and AIDS
Future epidemics
Summary
Glossary
Index
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0753413760 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 011606 | 614.49/WAL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
004966
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California, Lucent Books, 2002.
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112pCream Spine
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Natural Disasters
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Defines and discusses certain calamitous events around the world, from past to modern times, that have resulted in death, famine, or economic destruction.
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1560069767 Hb.
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| 004952 | 614.49/HIR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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