Book ID: CBB001214558

What Disease Was Plague? On the Controversy over the Microbiological Identity of Plague Epidemics of the Past (2010)

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Benedictow, Ole Jørgen (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xvi + 746 pp.
Language: English

In this monograph, the alternative theories to the established bubonic-plague theory as to the microbiological identity of historical plague epidemics are intensively discussed in the light of the historical sources and the medical primary research and standard works.

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Authors & Contributors
Silva, Matheus Alves Duarte da
Elisa Tinelli
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
Emanuele Stolfi
Foscati, Alessandra
Geddes da Filicaia, Costanza
Journals
Medicina Historica
Tarikh-e Elm (The Iranian Journal for the History of Science)
Vesalius
Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Public Understanding of Science
Publishers
Edizioni Dedalo
Yale University Press
Polistampa
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Facts on File
Carocci Editore
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Epidemics
Plague
Medicine
Public health
Historical method
People
Poliziano, Angelo Ambrogini
Yersin, Alexandre Émile John
Simond, Paul Louis
Fernel, Jean François
Bradley, Richard
Andrade, Nuno Ferreira de
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
16th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
Places
England
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Portugal
Italy
France
Europe
Institutions
Institut Pasteur, Paris
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