Bubonic plague: the prototype of pandemic disasters
The "little flies" that brought death, part 1: malaria or the burning ague
The "little flies" that brought death, part 2: yellow fever
Syphilis: the great pox
The smallpox
Cholera and the worldwide plagues of the nineteenth century
The great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919: President Woodrow Wilson and the Blitzkatarrh

Poliomyelitis: why did Franklin Delano Roosevelt get infantile paralysis as an adult?
Beriberi: an epidemic affecting rice-eaters
The pellagra epidemics: the three M's produce the four D's
Scurvy: the purpura nautica
Dying for a cigar? how about a cigarette?: smoking and epidemic cancer: a story of two presidents and a prince
Rickets: the English disease
Gout: the disease of good living
Anthrax: from woolsorter's disease to terrorism
Botulism: from bad food to terrorism
The SARS epidemic: a new disease retraces the experience with older diseases.