num_pages: 301
description: The classic chronicle of the impact disease and plagues have had on history and society over the past half-millennium. Intriguingly fascinating and entertaining reading for anyone who is interested in how society copes with catastrophe and pain. Relevant today in face of the worldwide medical calamity of AIDS. Continuously in print since its first publication in 1934, with over 75 printings.
language: English
title: Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues
titlecomplete: Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues
genres: Historical, History Of Medicine, Medical, History, Biology, Science, Health, Disease, Medicine, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 521
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal