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Rats, Lice and History

Hans Zinsser

Typhus, lice, rats, and war reveal how infection helped shape history. Zinsser's 1935 account follows the evidence while exposing the uncertainty behind old epidemic names.

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8 parts, about 18 minutes to read.

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Author: Hans Zinsser
Parts: 8 parts
Reading time: about 18 minutes
The whole book: Also to read in full

What the summary covers

A Biography of Disease1 min
Science, Art, and the Right to Tell It1 min
From Living Matter to Experiment1 min
Infection Changes with Its Hosts1 min
Diseases That Appear or Disappear1 min
What Ancient Epidemics Can Tell Us1 min
Pestilence and the Roman World2 min
Armies Before Battle10 min

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