Free ebooks about diseases and epidemics
During this unprecedented pandemic and public health crisis, we know there are important lessons to be learned about diseases and epidemics, so we are pleased to offer four free ebooks which we think will be useful reading.
The Burdens of Disease
Epidemics and Human Response in Western History
J. N. Hays
“Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this.”—Isis
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Death of Disease
A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis
Bernard Seytre and Mary Shaffer
“As we move towards the global eradication of polio, historical accounts of the program such as this become more important than ever. From the perspective of the World Health Organization, this book is invaluable as an easy-to-read historical account of the successful battle against polio.” —Dr. David L. Heymann, executive director of communicable diseases, World Health Organization
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Blood on Their Hands
How Greedy Companies, Inept Bureaucracy, and Bad Science Killed Thousands of Hemophiliacs
Eric Weinberg and Donna Shaw
“Blood on Their Hands is a well-written, gripping, and important book – thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy.” —Douglas Starr, author of Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
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Beasts of the Earth
Animals, Humans, and Disease
E. Fuller Torrey and Robert H. Yolken
“This book is a wonderful combination of very readable scientific and historical underpinnings of past and present epidemics of the spread of diseases from animals to people.” —Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., director, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, Washington, D.C.
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The free ebook requires free software from Adobe Digital Editions, available when you download. Books can be read online, in PDF format, or in various ereaders. Offer expires May 31, 2020.