Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. One. The Western Inheritance 9
7. Two. Medieval Diseases and Responses 19
8. Three. The Great Plague Pandemic 37
9. Four. New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62
10. Five. Continuity and Change 77
11. Six. Disease and the Enlightenment 105
12. Seven. Cholera and Sanitation 135
13. Eight. Tuberculosis and Poverty 155
14. Nine. Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179
15. Ten. The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214
16. Eleven. The Apparent End of Epidemics 243
17. Twelve. Disease and Power 283
18. Notes 315
19. Suggestions for Further Reading 341
20. Index 357
21. About the Author 375