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Cholera : the biography /

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 seriou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamlin, Christopher, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colección:Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 344 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
ISBN:9780191571701
0191571709
019954624X
9780199546244
1282383183
9781282383180
9786612383182
6612383186