typhus fever

This book explores some of history's most gruesome diseases. Readers will be enthralled by the history and science of terrible plagues and the bacteria, bugs, bad hygiene, and rats responsible.

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.

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.