Overview
Written in the authorsā lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virusāsmallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, HIVāthat combine āPatient Zeroā narratives, or the human stories behind outbreaks, with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more.
Learn the tragic stories of Patient Zeros throughout history, such as Mabalo Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the Lewis Baby on Londonās Broad Street, the first to catch cholera in an 1854 outbreak that led to a major medical breakthrough. Interspersed are origin stories of a different sortāhow a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. Plus the uneasy history of human autopsy, how the HIV virus has been with us for at least a century, and more.
This book title, Patient Zero (A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases), ISBN: 9781523513291, by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen, published by Workman Publishing Company (October 26, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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