rats as carriers of disease

Reprint of a 1935 text, chronicling the impact of epidemics on society, tracking the origins and growth of typhus, and discussing the nature of infectious diseases, their effect on the ancient world, and their influence on political and military history.

Discusses the history of rats, examines their family trees, anatomy, life cycles, predators, and prey, and looks at myths and facts about the rodents.

Reprint of a 1935 text, chronicling the impact of epidemics on society, tracking the origins and growth of typhus, and discussing the nature of infectious diseases, their effect on the ancient world, and their influence on political and military history.

Presents information on rats, with many stories of the depredations of these creatures, whose teeth grow continually, forcing them to gnaw. Only man has a wider range of habitat than the rat.

Discusses the effects on history--for better or worse--made by the horse, rat, and beaver.