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008			160923s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2016029515
020			_a9781627797467 (hardback)
020			_z9781627797474 (electronic book)
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100	1		_aWright, Jen,
245	1	0	_aGet well soon : _bhistory's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them / _cby Jen Wright.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a1702
264		1	_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Company, _c2017.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A humorous book about history's worst plagues from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio and the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs. Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered from. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks."-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
650		0	_aEpidemics _xHistory.
650		0	_aCommunicable diseases _xHistory.
650		0	_aEpidemiology _xSocial aspects.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Essays. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Social History. _2bisacsh
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