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This book covers the history of twelve 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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Irwin W. Sherman, professor emeritus at the University of California (Riverside), is a visiting professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. His laboratory research centered on the biochemistry of malaria parasites and resulted in more than 150 scholarly papers. Dr. Sherman wrote Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World and several books that share his expertise in malaria prevention and treatment. Chris Sorenson has worked extensively as an actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He studied at the Rutgers Professional Actor Training Program and is an original member of the Present Company, producers of FringeNYC. The Thin Air Theatre Company of Colorado considers him their playwright-at-large and have produced ten of his plays over the past eleven years. His screenplays The Roswell Project and Classic Rock are both currently in production, and his horror script Suckerville is currently in development. He has received three AudioFile Earphones Awards, and his recording of Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix was selected by AudioFile as one of the Best Audiobooks of 2010.

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