What disease was plague? : on the controversy over the microbiological identity of plague epidemics of the past /

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Author / Creator:Benedictow, Ole Jørgen.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 746 pages) : color map
Language:English
Series:Brill's series in the history of the environment, 1876-6595 ; v. 2
Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 2.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099581
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ISBN:9789004193918
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1283292327
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:In this monograph, the alternative theories to the established bubonic-plague theory as to the microbiological identity of historical plague epidemics are intensively discussed in the light of the historical sources and the medical primary research and standard works.
Other form:Print version: Benedictow, Ole Jørgen. What disease was plague? Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004180024
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004180024.i-746

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