Histoire de l'anthrax

The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875–1920
Uniting Local, National and Global Histories of Disease


James F Stark, University of Leeds

• Relié: 256 pages
• Editeur : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (1 octobre 2013)
• Collection : Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• ISBN-10: 1848934467
• ISBN-13: 978-1848934467

From the mid-nineteenth century onwards a number of previously unknown conditions were recorded in both animals and humans. Known by a variety of names, and found in diverse locations, by the end of the century these diseases were united under the banner of ‘anthrax’. Stark offers a fresh perspective on the history of infectious disease. He examines anthrax in terms of local, national and global significance, and constructs a narrative that spans public, professional and geographic domains.