Understanding Epidemics
John Brooke
Apr 2022 · Austin Macauley Publishers
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This book explains, in non-technical terms, the relationship between man and the many bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms with whom he lives in the most intimate manner throughout his existence. It is explained that for the most part, this coexistence is beneficial, but that through evolution and natural selection, some bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms may become aggressive to the host in which they live and that others may become aggressive as a result of mutation through other species. This aggressiveness manifests itself through the diseases which afflict man and all that is living. The cause and nature of those diseases which have been most devastating for human society and which have greatly influenced the course of history are portrayed in this book, as are the means by which the spread of infections may be controlled before they progress to become epidemics and pandemics.
About the author
JOHN BROOKE BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Edin), DObstRCOG, DCH, MRCGP, DipIMC RCS(Edin) Latterly doctor to L’Unité Paludisme (the Malaria Unit) Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital of Moissala Chad John Brooke commenced his medical studies at Edinburgh in the early 1960s at a time when his professors had a wide personal experience of the epidemics of the Second World War and the after-war years in both Europe and the tropics. His desire to practice medicine in its broadest sense led to an interesting and varied career spanning nearly fifty years, during which time he practiced in the United Kingdom, France and latterly in Chad.
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