Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion

by Richard Conniff

How scientists saved humanity from the deadliest infectious diseases--and what we can do to prepare ourselves for future epidemics.

After the unprecedented events of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be hard to imagine a time not so long ago when deadly diseases were a routine part of life. It is harder still to fathom that the best medical thinking at that time blamed these diseases on noxious miasmas, bodily humors, and divine dyspepsia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047969
• ISBN13: 9780262047968
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"