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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| 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 |