Cholera

Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593310854

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Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) by Gabriel García Márquez Pdf

A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

Author : Sandra Hempel
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783780624

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The Medical Detective by Sandra Hempel Pdf

In 1831, an unknown, horrifying and deadly disease from Asia swept across Continental Europe, killing millions in its path and throwing the medical profession into confusion. Cholera is a killer with little respect for class or wealth. When it arrived in Britain, its repercussions rocked Victorian England - from the filthy lanes of the Sunderland quayside and the squalid streets of Soho, to the great centres of power: the Privy Council, Whitehall and the Royal Medical Colleges. One man - alone and unrecognized - uncovered the truth behind the pandemic and laid the foundations for the modern scientific investigation of today's fatal plagues. John Snow was a reclusive doctor, without money or social position, who had the genius to look beyond the conventional wisdom of his day and work out that cholera was spread through drinking water. The book draws extensively on nineteenth-century medical, political and personal records in order to describe what is both an important breakthrough for medical science and also a dramatic story with a cast of colourful characters, from the heroic to the frighteningly incompetent. The book is also full of fascinating diversions into aspects of medical and social history, from Snow's tending of Queen Victoria in childbirth, to the Dutch microbiologist Leeuwenhoek's breeding of lice in his socks, and from Dickensian children's farms to riotous nineteenth-century anaesthesia parties.

Author : Peter Vinten-Johansen,Howard Brody,Nigel Paneth,Stephen Rachman,Michael Rip,David Zuck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190285630

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Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine by Peter Vinten-Johansen,Howard Brody,Nigel Paneth,Stephen Rachman,Michael Rip,David Zuck Pdf

The product of six years of collaborative research, this fine biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography, and public health. It modifies the conventional rags to riches portrait of John Snow by synthesizing fresh information about his early life from archival research and recent studies. It explores the intellectual roots of his commitments to vegetarianism, temperance, and pure drinking water, first developed when he was a medical apprentice and assistant in the north of England. The authors argue that all of Snow's later contributions are traceable to the medical paradigm he imbibed as a medical student in London and put into practice early in his career as a clinician: that medicine as a science required the incorporation of recent developments in its collateral sciences--chiefly anatomy, chemistry, and physiology--in order to understand the causes of disease. Snow's theoretical breakthroughs in anesthesia were extensions of his experimental research in respiratory physiology and the properties of inhaled gases. Shortly thereafter, his understanding of gas laws led him to reject miasmatic explanations for the spread of cholera, and to develop an alternative theory in consonance with what was then known about chemistry and the physiology of digestion. Using all of Snow's writings, the authors follow him when working in his home laboratory, visiting patients throughout London, attending medical society meetings, and conducting studies during the cholera epidemics of 1849 and 1854. The result is a book that demythologizes some overly heroic views of Snow by providing a fairer measure of his actual contributions. It will have an impact not only on the understanding of the man but also on the history of epidemiology and medical science.

Author : Aleksandra E. Sikora
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1493986848

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Vibrio Cholerae by Aleksandra E. Sikora Pdf

This volume looks at the importance of V. cholerae as an infection agent, and explores the latest techniques used to study it. The chapters in this book cover topics such as the biology of V. cholerae; laboratory maintenance and culturing; various animals models developed to explain pathogenesis and factors for environmental survival; and holistic approaches that include proteomics, metabolomics, and high-throughput screening. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge and authoritative, Vibrio cholerae: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for both novice microbiologists who want to focus their studies on V. cholerae, and experienced researchers and teachers who want to improve their knowledge and skills in this growing field.

Author : Simukai Chigudu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108489102

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The Political Life of an Epidemic by Simukai Chigudu Pdf

Reveals how the crisis of Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak of 2008-9 had profound implications for political institutions and citizenship.

Author : Ralph R. Frerichs
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781501703621

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Deadly River by Ralph R. Frerichs Pdf

In October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfold—soon to become the world's largest cholera epidemic in modern times. In a country that had never before reported cholera, the epidemic mysteriously and simultaneously appeared in river communities of central Haiti, eventually triggering nearly 800,000 cases and 9,000 deaths. What had caused the first cases of cholera in Haiti in recorded history? Who or what was the deadly agent of origin? Why did it explode in the agricultural-rich delta of the Artibonite River? When answers were few, rumors spread, causing social and political consequences of their own. Wanting insight, the Haitian government and French embassy requested epidemiological assistance from France. A few weeks into the epidemic, physician and infectious disease specialist Renaud Piarroux arrived in Haiti.In Deadly River, Ralph R. Frerichs tells the story of the epidemic—of a French disease detective determined to trace its origins so that he could help contain the spread and possibly eliminate the disease—and the political intrigue that has made that effort so difficult. The story involves political maneuvering by powerful organizations such as the United Nations and its peacekeeping troops in Haiti, as well as by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Frerichs explores a quest for scientific truth and dissects a scientific disagreement involving world-renowned cholera experts who find themselves embroiled in intellectual and political turmoil in a poverty-stricken country.Frerichs's narrative highlights how the world’s wealthy nations, nongovernmental agencies, and international institutions respond when their interests clash with the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people. The story poses big social questions and offers insights not only on how to eliminate cholera in Haiti but also how nations, NGOs, and international organizations such as the UN and CDC deal with catastrophic infectious disease epidemics.

Author : Sandra Hempel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cholera
ISBN : 0520250494

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The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump by Sandra Hempel Pdf

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Author : Christopher Hamlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199546244

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Cholera: The Biography by Christopher Hamlin Pdf

Cholera is a dangerous and frightening disease that can kill within hours. Chris Hamlin not only tells how the bacterial cause of cholera was discovered, but describes the experience of different countries, some of which continue to struggle with the disease today. Cholera is part of the Oxford series, Biographies of Diseases.

Author : John Snow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Cholera
ISBN : BL:A0018134513

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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera by John Snow Pdf

Author : Dhiman Barua,William B. Greenough III
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475796889

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Cholera by Dhiman Barua,William B. Greenough III Pdf

Research on cholera has contributed both to knowledge of the epidemic in particular, and to a broader understanding of the fundamental ways in which cells communicate with each other. This volume presents current knowledge in historical perspective to enable the practitioner to treat cholera in a more effective manner, and to provide a comprehensive review for the researcher.

Author : Patrick Deville
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0349139539

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Plague and Cholera by Patrick Deville Pdf

Paris, May 1940. Nazi troops storm the city and at Le Bourget airport, on the last flight out, sits Dr Alexandre Yersin, his gaze politely turned away from his fellow passengers with their jewels sewn into their luggage. He is too old for the combat ahead, and besides he has already saved millions of lives. When he was the brilliant young protégé of Louis Pasteur, he focused his exceptional mind on a great medical conundrum: in 1894, on a Hong Kong hospital forecourt, he identified and vaccinated against bubonic plague, later named in his honour Yersinia pestis. Swiss by birth and trained in Germany and France, Yersin is the son of empiricism and endeavour; but he has a romantic hunger for adventure, fuelled by tales of Livingstone and Conrad, and sets sail for Asia. A true traveller of the century, he wishes to comprehend the universe. Medicine, agriculture, the engine of the new automobile, all must be opened up, examined and improved. Ceaselessly curious and courageous, Yersin stands, a lone genius,against a backdrop of world wars, pandemics, colonialism, progress and decadence. He is brought to vivid, thrilling life in Patrick Deville's captivating novel, which was a bestseller and shortlisted for every major literary award in France.

Author : Charles E. Rosenberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226726762

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The Cholera Years by Charles E. Rosenberg Pdf

Cholera was the classic epidemic disease of the nineteenth century, as the plague had been for the fourteenth. Its defeat was a reflection not only of progress in medical knowledge but of enduring changes in American social thought. Rosenberg has focused his study on New York City, the most highly developed center of this new society. Carefully documented, full of descriptive detail, yet written with an urgent sense of the drama of the epidemic years, this narrative is as absorbing for general audiences as it is for the medical historian. In a new Afterword, Rosenberg discusses changes in historical method and concerns since the original publication of The Cholera Years. "A major work of interpretation of medical and social thought . . . this volume is also to be commended for its skillful, absorbing presentation of the background and the effects of this dread disease."—I.B. Cohen, New York Times "The Cholera Years is a masterful analysis of the moral and social interest attached to epidemic disease, providing generally applicable insights into how the connections between social change, changes in knowledge and changes in technical practice may be conceived."—Steven Shapin, Times Literary Supplement "In a way that is all too rarely done, Rosenberg has skillfully interwoven medical, social, and intellectual history to show how medicine and society interacted and changed during the 19th century. The history of medicine here takes its rightful place in the tapestry of human history."—John B. Blake, Science

Author : Frank M. Snowden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521483107

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Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 by Frank M. Snowden Pdf

This is the first extended study of cholera in modern Italy, setting Naples in a comparative international framework.

Author : Amir A. Afkhami
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421427225

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A Modern Contagion by Amir A. Afkhami Pdf

Remedying an important deficit in the historiography of medicine, public health, and the Middle East, A Modern Contagion increases our understanding of ongoing sociopolitical challenges in Iran and the rest of the Islamic world.

Author : Amanda J Thomas
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781473875999

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Cholera by Amanda J Thomas Pdf

“[A] fusion of science, social, and medical history . . . fascinating . . . the understanding of and responses to cholera are covered in detail and with sensitivity” —The Victorian Web Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda J. Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending personal stories with an overview of the history of the disease and its devastating after-effects on British society. This fascinating history of a catastrophic disease uncovers forgotten stories from each of the major cholera outbreaks in 1831–2, 1848–9, 1853–4 and 1866. Amanda J. Thomas reveals that Victorian theories about the disease were often closer to the truth than we might assume, among them the belief that cholera was spread by miasma, or foul air. “The book acts as a complete overview of cholera in Victorian Britain, taking a new, accessible approach to a topic previously covered predominately by academic researchers.” —Harpenden History