Cholera [electronic resource] : the biography / Christopher Hamlin.
Hamlin, Christopher, 1951-
2009
RA644.C3 H28 2009eb
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Title Cholera [electronic resource] : the biography / Christopher Hamlin.
Author Hamlin, Christopher, 1951-
ISBN 9780191571701 (electronic book)
0191571709 (electronic book)
9780199546244
9786612383182
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 344 p.) : ill., map.
Call Number RA644.C3 H28 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 614.5/14
Summary Cholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come within hours.Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe, which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before John Snow identified the link with water, it is still a serious threat in many parts of the world - Zimbabwe is a recent example. Snow's discovery was one of the great breakthroughs of epidemiology and a wonderful story from the history of science. Later came the discovery of the culprit organism - Cholera vibrio - understanding of its life cycle, and the devel
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.
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Series Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
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