Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction xi
6. 1. The Human Response to Plague in Western Europe and the Middle East, 1347 to 1844 1
7. 2. Dark Hidden Meanings: Leprosy and Lepers in the Medieval West and in the Tropical World under the European Imperium 40
8. 3. Smallpox in the New World and in the Old: From Holocaust to Eradication, 1518 to 1977 84
9. 4. The Secret Plague: Syphilis in West Europe and East Asia, 1492, to 1965 122
10. 5. Cholera and Civilization: Great Britain and India, 1817 to 1920 167
11. 6. Yellow Fever, Malaria and Development: Atlantic Africa and the New World, 1647 to 1928 213
12. 7. Afterword: To the Epidemiologic Transition? 269
13. Notes 280
14. Select Bibliography 368
15. Index 385