Full title: Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.

Author/creator: Spinney, Laura.

Call Numbers: G 2017/4420

Record Identifier: 74VKVXBxbKJy

Language: English

Contents: viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, , , , Introduction: The elephant in the room -- part 1. The unwalled city: Coughs and sneezes ; The monads of Leibniz -- part 2. Anatomy of a pandemic: Ripples on a pond ; Like a thief in the night -- part 3. Manhu, or What is it?: Disease eleven ; The doctors' dilemma ; The wrath of God -- part 4. The survival instinct: Chalking doors with crosses ; The placebo effect ; Good Samaritans -- part 5. Post mortem: The hunt for patient zero ; Counting the dead -- part 6. Science redeemed: Aenigmoplasma influenzae ; Beware the barnyard ; The human factor -- part 7. The post-flu world: The green shoots of recovery ; Alternate histories ; Anti-science, science ; Healthcare for all? ; War and peace ; Melancholy muse -- part 8. Roscoe's legacy -- Afterword: On memory.

Publishers: New York : Public Affairs, 2017.

Notes: Includes bibliographical resources (pages 298-317) and index.

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXBxbKJy

DDC: 614.51809041

MMS ID: 991024119919102626