Typhoid Fever ─ A History

This book traces the history of typhoid fever, its possible presence in early civilizations and its impact on societies. It describes the nature and identification of the etiological agent, Salmonella; two famous outbreaks (the Plague of Athens and the final illness and death of Alexander the Great); the deaths from typhoid fever of major figures in history; the roles of Thomas Willis, William Wood Gerhard, Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis, Robert Koch, Walter Reed, William Budd, and others; the diagnostic test developed by Fernand Widal and Albert Grunbaum; the story of “Typhoid Mary”; the work of Almroth Wright and others in vaccination; typhoid in the American army; and typhoid in the 21st century. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Elise Mara is currently a graduate student studying epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She lives in Livonia, Michigan.