"Originally published in the United Kingdom under the title Catching cold in 1999 by Michael Joseph, a division of the Penguin Group." Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306). "An Owl book." "Originally published in the United Kingdom under the title Catching cold in 1999 by Michael Joseph, a division of the Penguin Group."
Contents:
274. Plug Drugs 1 -- 2 Some New Kind of Plague 39 -- 3 On the Edge of Life 65 -- 4 The Frozen Coast 104 -- 5 Stressed to the Max 134 -- 6 Respect and Dignity 157 -- 7 The Language of Life 194 -- 8 $3,000 and a Shovel 224 -- 9 Marvellously Humiliating 250 -- 10 Plug Drugs 274.
Summary:
In 1918, the Spanish flu killed up to 40 million people across the planet. This book recounts the story of this terrible forgotten tragedy and the global scientific community's effort to avert another such disaster.
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