Quiet Killers: The Fall and Rise of Deadly Diseases - Couverture rigide

Baker, Dr Robert

 
9780750941082: Quiet Killers: The Fall and Rise of Deadly Diseases
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ISBN 10 : 0750941081 ISBN 13 : 9780750941082
Editeur : The History Press Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

With bird flu a very present threat, this is a timely and important look at the impact of quiet killers through the ages. In 1658 Oliver Cromwell, having brought a king to execution, and risen to power, died from malaria when he refused to take the Devil's Bark, the quinine compound produced in a Catholic colony, which could have cured him. Like many other infectious diseases, malaria was endemic in Britain until the twentieth century, when it and other diseases seemed to be vanquished by science. Yet now the trend for those diseases seems to be reversing: some infectious agents are becoming resistant to nearly all available antibiotics; differences in travel and social behaviour spread infections more widely; and, with changes in climate, diseases are either being described for the first time, or appearing in previously unaffected areas. But do we need some deadly diseases to stimulate our immunity? Has humankind depended on infection to drive evolution? How vulnerable are we now? Writer and infectious diseases specialist Dr Robert Baker takes a fascinating look at the history of deadly diseases, and discusses their future impact in a changing world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Robert Baker is a specialist in infectious diseases and microbiology. He�lectures part-time at Peninsula Medical School, Devon. He trained at University College, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, King's College, the Royal Free and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals. He is the author of An Atlas of Differential Diagnosis in HIV Disease and he also writes extensively for the lay press, including articles for the Independent, Spectator, Sunday Express, Evening Standard, Guardian, Belfast Telegraph and Daily Mail. With Dr Phil Hammond, he co-wrote and performed the Radio 4 comedy 28 Minutes to Save the NHS. He lives in�Devon with his wife and four children.

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Éditeur
The History Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0750941081
ISBN 13 
9780750941082
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  075094109X ISBN 13 :  9780750941099
Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2007
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