MURDEROUS CONTAGION: A HUMAN HISTORY OF DISEASE (PB)

Disease is the true serial killer of human history: the horrors of bubonic plague, cholera, syphilis, smallpox, tuberculosis and the like have claimed more lives and caused more misery than the depredations of warfare, famine and natural disasters combined. This book tells the moving story of the devastating impact of diseases on humankind - from the Black Death to the AIDS epidemic of the modern era. It also relates the endeavours of physicians and scientists to understand and identify the causes of diseases and find ways of preventing them.