Includes bibliographical references )p. 199 - 205( and index
The legacy of disease: porphyria and hemophilia -- The Irish potato blight -- Cholera -- Smallpox: the speckled monster -- Bubonic plague -- Syphilis: the great pox -- Tuberculosis: the people's plague -- Malaria -- Yellow fever: the saffron scourge -- The great influenza -- AIDS: the 12st century plague