Great American Diseases: Their Effects on the Course of North American History presents medical history as it pertains to the major infectious diseases of North America. The book is designed to provide an interesting and engaging introduction to microbiology, immunology and epidemiology. With the advent of COVID-19, this book will serve as a reference on the history of previous epidemics. The book presents pandemics in an easy-to-read volume and provides concise chapters on the history of a disease, progression of understanding on the pathogen (agent of the disease), and their social ramifications through the history of North America.
1. Introduction: How infectious diseases have shaped American History - p. xiii 2. Chapter One. Infectious diseases and their causes - p. 1 3. Chapter Two. Immunity and recovery from infectious diseases - p. 19 4. Chapter Three. Diseases among the first inhabitants - p. 37 5. Chapter Four. Tuberculosis—Another ancient disease - p. 65 6. Chapter Five. Syphilis and the Columbian exchange - p. 73 7. Chapter Six. Malaria and the ague—1492 - p. 85 8. Chapter Seven. Smallpox—1519: The first vaccines - p. 130 9. Chapter Eight. Measles—1531: Almost gone! - p. 137 10. Chapter Nine. Typhoid and typhus—1607: Smelly differences - p. 153 11. Chapter Ten. Yellow fever—1647: Mosquito-borne invader - p. 183 12. Chapter Eleven. Cholera—1832: A worldwide pandemic - p. 208 13. Chapter Twelve. Poliomyelitis—1841: The triumph of vaccination - p. 215 14. Chapter Thirteen. Infectious diseases and the Civil War - p. 235 15. Chapter Fourteen. Plague and San Francisco—1900 - p. 255 16. Chapter Fifteen. Influenza—1918: A wartime pandemic - p. 272 17. Chapter Sixteen. A completely new disease: AIDS-1981 - p. 301 18. Chapter Seventeen. Panic and neglect—2000–2018 - p. 319 19. Chapter Eighteen. COVID-19: Not just another respiratory virus—2020 - p. 360 20. Further reading - p. 371 21. Index - p. 377
Great American Diseases: Their Effects on the Course of North American History presents medical history as it pertains to the major infectious diseases of North America. The book is designed to provide an interesting and engaging introduction to microbiology, immunology and epidemiology. With the advent of COVID-19, this book will serve as a reference on the history of previous epidemics. The book presents pandemics in an easy-to-read volume and provides concise chapters on the history of a disease, progression of understanding on the pathogen (agent of the disease), and their social ramifications through the history of North America.
1. Introduction: How infectious diseases have shaped American History - p. xiii 2. Chapter One. Infectious diseases and their causes - p. 1 3. Chapter Two. Immunity and recovery from infectious diseases - p. 19 4. Chapter Three. Diseases among the first inhabitants - p. 37 5. Chapter Four. Tuberculosis—Another ancient disease - p. 65 6. Chapter Five. Syphilis and the Columbian exchange - p. 73 7. Chapter Six. Malaria and the ague—1492 - p. 85 8. Chapter Seven. Smallpox—1519: The first vaccines - p. 130 9. Chapter Eight. Measles—1531: Almost gone! - p. 137 10. Chapter Nine. Typhoid and typhus—1607: Smelly differences - p. 153 11. Chapter Ten. Yellow fever—1647: Mosquito-borne invader - p. 183 12. Chapter Eleven. Cholera—1832: A worldwide pandemic - p. 208 13. Chapter Twelve. Poliomyelitis—1841: The triumph of vaccination - p. 215 14. Chapter Thirteen. Infectious diseases and the Civil War - p. 235 15. Chapter Fourteen. Plague and San Francisco—1900 - p. 255 16. Chapter Fifteen. Influenza—1918: A wartime pandemic - p. 272 17. Chapter Sixteen. A completely new disease: AIDS-1981 - p. 301 18. Chapter Seventeen. Panic and neglect—2000–2018 - p. 319 19. Chapter Eighteen. COVID-19: Not just another respiratory virus—2020 - p. 360 20. Further reading - p. 371 21. Index - p. 377
