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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess (1996)

av Christopher Wills

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"Yellow Fever, Black Goddess turns the tables on past accounts, focusing not on the microbe hunters but on the microbes themselves, putting these exotic life-forms at center stage, telling their story as they fight to live at the very edge of the possible. Humans acknowledge the existence of our planet's primitive coinhabitants only when they do their worst - emerging to strike down whole populations through rampaging epidemics. But in fact, the protozoa, bacteria, and viruses that cause such diseases as yellow fever and cholera - which is symbolized by the black goddess - lead complex lives in their own right, struggling ever further out on their evolutionary limbs." "In order to deal with these microbes we must understand the entire evolutionary environment in which they function - from tropical breeding grounds to the resistant temperate zones, from insect viruses to human plagues - and through this alone can we hope to control them. By giving these organisms their due in this remarkable account, Christopher Wills points the way toward gaining that mastery."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (mer)

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Since this book was written around 25 years ago it is very outdated, which becomes painfully apparent in the chapter on HIV and AIDS. (

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Terryanne | Sep 14, 2021 |

Account of how and why people suffer from plagues, epidemics, etc. Dated but interesting (

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captbirdseye | Mar 5, 2018 |

Indeholder "List of Figures", "Author's Note", "Part One. The Anatomy of Plagues", "1. The Delicate Balance between Life and Death", "2. The Penumbra of Disease", "3. The Worst of Times", "Part Two. Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet ...", "4. Four Tales from the New Decameron", "5. Was the Indian Plague Actually Plague, and If Not Why Not?", "Part Three. Naïve and Cunning Diseases", "6. Cholera, the Black One", "7. A Cleverer Pathogen", "Part Four. The Challenge of the Temperate Zones", "8. An Ague Very Violent", "9. Syphilis and the Faustian Bargain", "Part Five. Plagues, Populations and the Biosphere", "10. Aids and the Future of Plagues", "11. Safety in Diversity", "12. Why So Many Diseases?", "Glossary", "Notes", "Index".

"List of Figures" er en liste over illustrationerne i bogen.
"Author's Note" handler om at bogen har været sjov at skrive og at han gerne vil takke en masse, der har hjulpet med den.
"Part One. The Anatomy of Plagues" er bare en overskrift.
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"2. The Penumbra of Disease" handler om ???
"3. The Worst of Times" handler om ???
"Part Two. Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet ..." er bare en overskrift.
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"5. Was the Indian Plague Actually Plague, and If Not Why Not?" handler om ???
"Part Three. Naïve and Cunning Diseases" er bare en overskrift.
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"7. A Cleverer Pathogen" handler om ???
"Part Four. The Challenge of the Temperate Zones" er bare en overskrift.
"8. An Ague Very Violent" handler om ???
"9. Syphilis and the Faustian Bargain" handler om ???
"Part Five. Plagues, Populations and the Biosphere" er bare en overskrift.
"10. Aids and the Future of Plagues" handler om ???
"11. Safety in Diversity" handler om ???
"12. Why So Many Diseases?" handler om ???
"Glossary" er en ordliste.
"Notes" er noter til de enkelte kapitler
"Index" er et opslagsregister.

En bog om ret trælse sygdomme, der har hærget som epidemier. Forfatteren er født i England, opvokset i Canada og ansat på et universitet i USA. (

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bnielsen | Nov 20, 2016 |

Good to read in conjunction with Ghost Map

ecw0647 | Sep 30, 2013 |

This books tells the story of how plagues are caused by taking different diseases in turn (including malaria, typhoid and cholera); their adaptations, effects and so on. Easy to read and conversational, as well as informative. (

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Coobeastie | Oct 19, 2006 |

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To the memory of my grandfather,
E. H. ROBERTON,
who spun wonderful tales of India
and told me much more besides.

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"Yellow Fever, Black Goddess turns the tables on past accounts, focusing not on the microbe hunters but on the microbes themselves, putting these exotic life-forms at center stage, telling their story as they fight to live at the very edge of the possible. Humans acknowledge the existence of our planet's primitive coinhabitants only when they do their worst - emerging to strike down whole populations through rampaging epidemics. But in fact, the protozoa, bacteria, and viruses that cause such diseases as yellow fever and cholera - which is symbolized by the black goddess - lead complex lives in their own right, struggling ever further out on their evolutionary limbs." "In order to deal with these microbes we must understand the entire evolutionary environment in which they function - from tropical breeding grounds to the resistant temperate zones, from insect viruses to human plagues - and through this alone can we hope to control them. By giving these organisms their due in this remarkable account, Christopher Wills points the way toward gaining that mastery."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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