Synopses & Reviews
Praise for the previous edition:
...factual, yet fascinating...Although it is a reference book, it may be read as history and geography of world diseases.-School Library Journal
Although other reference sources discuss specific infectious diseases...none offers such a complete catalog of specific epidemics covering as long a time span. Recommended...-CHOICE
...the articles are informative, making this a useful ready-reference
source.-Library Journal
...a good source for high school and public libraries.--Booklist
A highly accessible comprehensive reference...-Book News
...a worthy, significant, and welcome addition to the reference
literature.-Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of eleventh century B.C. to the recent Mad Cow disease scare
Synopsis
From the Philistine plague to the "Mad Cow" disease scare, the Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence traces the roles that diseases have played throughout world history and provides information on more than 700 major epidemics and their effects on civilization.