| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
the story of South Africa's fivemost lethal human diseases |
| Author: |
PhillipsH, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Athens |
| Published: |
Ohio University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (156 p.). |
| Series: |
Ohio short histories of Africa |
| Subject: |
Diseases and history - South Africa - |
| Subject: |
Epidemics - History - South Africa - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780821444429/ |
| Notes: |
"First published as Plague, Pox and Pandemics by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012." |
| ISBN: |
9780821444429electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0821444425electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780821420287pbk. |
| ISBN: |
0821420283pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Smallpox, 1713/1893: 'There are no people left, only stones' -- Plague, 1901/1907: 'The dreaded disorder' -- Spanish flu, 1918/1919: 'It threatens the existence of the entire race' -- Poliomyelitis, 1918/1963: 'The middle-class plague' -- HIV/AIDS, 1982/ : 'A catastrophe in slow motion' -- Conclusion |