Epidemics And Pandemics

by Hays, J. N.

• ISBN13: 9781851096589
• ISBN10: 1851096582
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-31
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

Balancing current and historical issues, this volume of essays covers the most significant worldwide epidemics from the Black Death to AIDS.

Author Biography

J. N. Hays is professor emeritus of history at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Epidemic in Athens, 430-427 B.C.E.	p. 1
Malaria in Ancient Rome	p. 9
Plague of the Antonines	p. 17
First Plague Pandemic, 541-747	p. 23
Smallpox Epidemic in Japan, 735-737	p. 31
Leprosy in Medieval Europe	p. 35
Second Plague Pandemic, 1346-1844	p. 41
"French Disease" In Sixteenth-Century Europe	p. 69
Epidemics in Sixteenth-Century America	p. 79
Epidemics and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648	p. 97
Plague in Italian Cities, 1630s	p. 103
Epidemics in China, 1640-1644	p. 113
Plague in London, 1665	p. 119
Smallpox in Iceland, 1707-1709	p. 131
Plague in Marseilles, 1720-1722	p. 135
Smallpox in Boston, 1721	p. 143
Smallpox in Eighteenth-Century Europe	p. 151
Plague in Moscow, 1771	p. 163
Influenza Pandemic, 1781-1782	p. 171
Yellow Fever in Hispaniola, 1793-1804	p. 177
Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793	p. 185
First Cholera Pandemic, 1817-1824	p. 193
Consumption in the Nineteenth Century	p. 201
Second Cholera Pandemic, 1827-1835	p. 211
Third Cholera Pandemic, 1839-1856	p. 227
"Fevers" and the Great Famine in Ireland, 1846-1850	p. 239
Typhoid Fever in Cities, 1850-1920	p. 249
Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1853	p. 259
Fourth Cholera Pandemic, 1863-1875	p. 267
Carrion's Disease in Peru, 1870-1871	p. 281
Smallpox in Europe, 1870-1875	p. 287
Measles in Fiji, 1875	p. 297
Fifth Cholera Pandemic, 1881-1896	p. 303
Influenza Pandemic, 1889-1890	p. 315
Cholera Epidemic in Hamburg, 1892	p. 321
Third Plague Pandemic, 1894-?	p. 331
Sixth Cholera Pandemic, 1899-1923	p. 345
Sleeping Sickness in East Central Africa, 1900-1905	p. 355
Typhoid Mary's "Epidemics"	p. 363
Cholera Epidemic in Naples, 1910-1911	p. 369
Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1916	p. 377
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919	p. 385
Lung Cancer in the United States, Mid-Twentieth Century	p. 397
Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1945-1955	p. 411
Seventh Cholera Pandemic, 1961-Present	p. 421
AIDS in the United States, 1980s	p. 427
Contemporary AIDS Pandemic	p. 439
The Mad Cow Crisis and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, 1985-Present	p. 449
Contemporary Malaria	p. 457
Contemporary Tuberculosis	p. 465
Epilogue	p. 473
Some General Books on Epidemics	p. 479
Glossary	p. 481
Index	p. 485
About the Author	p. 513
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