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Anthrax : a history
- Title
- Anthrax : a history / Richard M. Swiderski.
- Author
- Swiderski, Richard M.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co., [2004], ©2004.
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- Description
- v, 266 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This history of anthrax follows the development of our understanding of the disease, beginning in the 18th century, when science began breaking ground on the subject, until the present, when anthrax is feared more as an agent of biowarfare than as a health hazard harbored by the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the spore in the machine -- 1. Three anthraxes -- 2. Woolsorters and ragpickers -- 3. Models -- 4. Mailsorters -- 5. Only some die -- 6. Ancient anthraxes -- 7. Morbus et pestis -- 8. Charbon, Milzbrand, Koch and Pasteur -- 9. Seeing anthrax -- 10. The anthrax bombs -- 11. Vaccine history -- 12. The white powder -- 13. Ground and air -- App. A. October 2001 in Manchester, New Hampshire -- App. B. Warnings to workers -- App. C. Some novels with anthrax -- App. D. The Chinese source of spores.
- ISBN
- 0786418915 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004013462
- R0-454277
- OCLC
- 55625147
- ocm55625147
- SCSB-5068568
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries