Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
Spinney, Laura, author.
2017
RC150.4 .S65 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
Author
Spinney, Laura, author.
Edition
First US Edition.
ISBN
9781610397674 (hardcover)
1610397673 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
Language
English
Description
viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Call Number
RC150.4 .S65 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.5/1809041
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 298-317) and index.
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Introduction: The elephant in the room
part 1. The unwalled city: Coughs and sneezes ; The monads of Leibniz
part 2. Anatomy of a pandemic: Ripples on a pond ; Like a thief in the night
part 3. Manhu, or What is it?: Disease eleven ; The doctors' dilemma ; The wrath of God
part 4. The survival instinct: Chalking doors with crosses ; The placebo effect ; Good Samaritans
part 5. Post mortem: The hunt for patient zero ; Counting the dead
part 6. Science redeemed: Aenigmoplasma influenzae ; Beware the barnyard ; The human factor
part 7. The post-flu world: The green shoots of recovery ; Alternate histories ; Anti-science, science ; Healthcare for all? ; War and peace ; Melancholy muse
part 8. Roscoe's legacy
Afterword: On memory.

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