Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno Karlen

Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno Karlen

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A noted medical historian places recent outbreaks of deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring diseases throughout history and of the ways in which humans have adapted. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno Karlen

A noted medical historian places recent outbreaks of deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring diseases throughout history and of the ways in which humans have adapted. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
Arno Karlen, Ph.D., a pschoanalyst, has written widely on history and biomedical science. He is the author of Napoleon's Glands and Other Ventures in Biohistory and Man and Microbes: Diseases and Plauges in History and Modern Times. He lives in New York City.
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ISBN 13 9780684822709
ISBN 10 0684822709
Title Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
Author Arno Karlen
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 1996-05-22
Number of pages 274
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