The Resource Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright
Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright
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- Summary
- "A humorous book about history's worst plagues from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio and the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs. Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered from. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 320 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Antonine Plague
- Bubonic Plague
- Dancing Plague
- Smallpox
- Syphilis
- Tuberculosis
- Cholera
- Leprosy
- Typhoid
- Spanish Flu
- Encephalitis Lethargica
- Lobotomies
- Polio
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781627797467
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Title
- Get well soon
- Title remainder
- history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Wright
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A humorous book about history's worst plagues from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio and the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs. Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered from. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1986-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wright, Jennifer Ashley
- Dewey number
- 614.4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RA649
- LC item number
- .W75 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Epidemics
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemiology
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Antonine Plague -- Bubonic Plague -- Dancing Plague -- Smallpox -- Syphilis -- Tuberculosis -- Cholera -- Leprosy -- Typhoid -- Spanish Flu -- Encephalitis Lethargica -- Lobotomies -- Polio -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn959372466
- Dimensions
- cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781627797467
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016029515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)959372466
- a1157258
- Label
- Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them, Jennifer Wright
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Antonine Plague -- Bubonic Plague -- Dancing Plague -- Smallpox -- Syphilis -- Tuberculosis -- Cholera -- Leprosy -- Typhoid -- Spanish Flu -- Encephalitis Lethargica -- Lobotomies -- Polio -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn959372466
- Dimensions
- cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781627797467
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016029515
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)959372466
- a1157258
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