Irwin W. Sherman

[b]Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.[/b] Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization. Explains the effects, causes, and o…

[i]The Power of Plagues[/i] presents a rogues' gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history. Author Irwin W. Sherman introduces the microbes that caused these epidemics and the people who sought (and still s…