Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

De: Irwin W. Sherman

Narrado por: Chris Sorensen

Duración: 10 h y 43 m

Resumen del Editor

This book covers the history of 12 important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.

• Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.
• Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.
• Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.
• Makes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history.
• Presents material in a compelling, clear, and jargon-free prose for a wide audience.
• Provides a picture of the best practices for dealing with disease outbreaks.

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And illuminating book.

I enjoyed the book very much. I did not care for the narrator, but the story of the history and the science were fascinating.

I really wanted to like this more than I did.

Lately I have been on a medical history book binge. So when this one came up, I figured it fell right into that theme. I was not fond of the narrator but stuck with it. It's very science-y, which is fine but I thought it was a little much for a book that's not a text book. I almost gave up at the halfway point when a long list of people who were afflicted with a particular disease was read with each one's birth and death dates. So not necessary. I skipped ahead as it seemed to go on forever and my mind had wandered off to wonder just how long the list would be.
I truly wanted to like this book. I have found other books on medical history I have enjoyed more. There is a lot of information here and a really interesting part that nearly foreshadows the COVID pandemic is a way that was eerily correct.