Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

Author: Jennifer Wright

A humorous book about history’s worst plagues—from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio—and the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn’t stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious danc….Read More

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