Flu / Gina Kolata 

Public ISBD Titre : Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gina Kolata, Auteur Editeur : New York : Simon & Schuster Année de publication : c2001 Importance : XI, 330 p. Format : 22 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-7432-0398-2 Note générale : Includes bibliographical references and Index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Disease Outbreaks -- history. Influenza -- History -- 20th century. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. Index. décimale : RC 150.4 Résumé : The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in Lire la suite... Note de contenu : Prologue -- 1. The plague year -- 2. A history of disease and death -- 3. From sailors to swine -- 4. A Swedish adventurer -- 5. Swine flu -- 6. A litigation nightmare -- 7. John Dalton's eyeballs -- 8. An incident in Hong Kong -- 9. From Alaska to Norway -- 10. Mysteries and hypotheses -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it [texte imprimé] / Gina Kolata, Auteur . - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001 . - XI, 330 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN : 978-0-7432-0398-2 Includes bibliographical references and Index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Disease Outbreaks -- history. Influenza -- History -- 20th century. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. Index. décimale : RC 150.4 Résumé : The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in Lire la suite... Note de contenu : Prologue -- 1. The plague year -- 2. A history of disease and death -- 3. From sailors to swine -- 4. A Swedish adventurer -- 5. Swine flu -- 6. A litigation nightmare -- 7. John Dalton's eyeballs -- 8. An incident in Hong Kong -- 9. From Alaska to Norway -- 10. Mysteries and hypotheses -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Réservation

Réserver ce document

Exemplaires (1)

Code-barres	Cote	Support	Localisation	Section	Disponibilité
100053324	RC 150.4 .K64 2001	Book	Bibliothèque principale	English Books	Disponible

Aucun avis, veuillez vous identifier pour ajouter le vôtre !

---

1 (1 - 1 / 1)