Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI
Hans Zinsser (1878-1940) received his doctorate at Columbia University and also was an instructor of bacteriology at Columbia University. Throughout his career he was also a professor at Stanford University as well as Harvard University. His scientific work focused on bacteriology and immunology and he is greatly associated with Brill's disease as well as typhus. Gerald N. Grob is the Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine (emeritus). He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and has been the president of the American Association for the History of Medicine.
-Zinsser's account of lice and men remains a delight. Written in
1935 as a latter-day variation on Laurence Sterne's The Life and
Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Zinsser's book gives a picaresque
account of how the history of the world has been shaped by
epidemics of louseborne typhus.....Zinnser's romp through the
ancient and modern worlds describes how epidemics devastated the
Byzantines under Justinian, put Charles V atop the Holy Roman
Empire, stopped the Turks at the Carpathians, and turned Napolean's
Grand ArmEe back from Moscow.- --Gerald Weissmann, Emerging
Infectious Diseases -This book... is listed among the best sellers.
The style is delightful, and the subject matter very interesting...
[It gives an] account of man's defeats and victories against
epidemics... Those who have read Dr. Zinsser's articles will enjoy
this book, and to otehrs it will be a pleasant surprise.-
--Elizabeth Hard, The American Journal of Nursing -No one who buys
this book will feel cheated.- --H. M. Parshley, Nation -This book
will surely be studied with great interest by the lay reader...
[I]t presents -a fascinating blend of scientific and historical
research, humour, and stimulating opinion.- --The British Medical
Journal -I had the fun of editing Hans's book Rats, Lice and
History, that unique account of what infectious diseases had done
to change the fate of nations.- --Edward Weeks, The Atlantic
"Zinsser's account of lice and men remains a delight. Written in
1935 as a latter-day variation on Laurence Sterne's The Life and
Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Zinsser's book gives a picaresque
account of how the history of the world has been shaped by
epidemics of louseborne typhus.....Zinnser's romp through the
ancient and modern worlds describes how epidemics devastated the
Byzantines under Justinian, put Charles V atop the Holy Roman
Empire, stopped the Turks at the Carpathians, and turned Napolean's
Grand ArmEe back from Moscow." --Gerald Weissmann, Emerging
Infectious Diseases "This book... is listed among the best sellers.
The style is delightful, and the subject matter very interesting...
[It gives an] account of man's defeats and victories against
epidemics... Those who have read Dr. Zinsser's articles will enjoy
this book, and to otehrs it will be a pleasant surprise."
--Elizabeth Hard, The American Journal of Nursing "No one who buys
this book will feel cheated." --H. M. Parshley, Nation "This book
will surely be studied with great interest by the lay reader...
[I]t presents "a fascinating blend of scientific and historical
research, humour, and stimulating opinion." --The British Medical
Journal "I had the fun of editing Hans's book Rats, Lice and
History, that unique account of what infectious diseases had done
to change the fate of nations." --Edward Weeks, The Atlantic
"Zinsser's account of lice and men remains a delight. Written in
1935 as a latter-day variation on Laurence Sterne's The Life and
Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Zinsser's book gives a picaresque
account of how the history of the world has been shaped by
epidemics of louseborne typhus.....Zinnser's romp through the
ancient and modern worlds describes how epidemics devastated the
Byzantines under Justinian, put Charles V atop the Holy Roman
Empire, stopped the Turks at the Carpathians, and turned Napolean's
"Grand ArmEe "back from Moscow." --Gerald Weissmann, Emerging
Infectious Diseases "This book... is listed among the best sellers.
The style is delightful, and the subject matter very interesting...
[It gives an] account of man's defeats and victories against
epidemics... Those who have read Dr. Zinsser's articles will enjoy
this book, and to otehrs it will be a pleasant surprise."
--Elizabeth Hard, The American Journal of Nursing "No one who buys
this book will feel cheated." --H. M. Parshley, Nation "This book
will surely be studied with great interest by the lay reader...
[I]t presents "a fascinating blend of scientific and historical
research, humour, and stimulating opinion." --The British Medical
Journal "I had the fun of editing Hans's book Rats, Lice and
History, that unique account of what infectious diseases had done
to change the fate of nations." --Edward Weeks, The Atlantic
"Zinsser's account of lice and men remains a delight. Written in
1935 as a latter-day variation on Laurence Sterne's The Life and
Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Zinsser's book gives a picaresque
account of how the history of the world has been shaped by
epidemics of louseborne typhus.....Zinnser's romp through the
ancient and modern worlds describes how epidemics devastated the
Byzantines under Justinian, put Charles V atop the Holy Roman
Empire, stopped the Turks at the Carpathians, and turned Napolean's
"Grand Armee "back from Moscow."- Gerald Weissmann, New York
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