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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 scareKohn, George Childs is the author of 'Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence From Ancient Times to the Present' with ISBN 9780816048939 and ISBN 0816048932.
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