The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease

1. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); 2. African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness; 3. Ainhum; 4. Alzheimer's disease; 5. Amebic dysentery n; 6. Anemia; 7. Anorexia Nervosa; 8. Anthrax; 9. Apoplexy and Stroke; 10. Arboviruses; 11. Arenaviruses; 12. Arthritis (rheumatoid); 13. Ascariasis; 14. Bacillary dysentery; 15. Beriberi; 16. The Black Death; 17. Black and brown lung disease; 18. Bleeding disorders; 19. Botulism; 20. Brucellosis (Malta Fever, Undulant Fever); 21. Bubonic plague; 22. Cancer; 23. Carrion's disease (Oroya fever); 24. Catarrh; 25. Cestode infection; 26. Chagas' disease; 27. Chlorosis; 28. Cholera; 29. Cirrhosis; 30. Clonorchiasis; 31. Croup; 32. Cystic Fibrosis; 33. Cytomegalovirus infection; 34. Dengue; 35. Diabetes; 36. Diarrheal diseases (Acute); 37. Diphtheria; 38. Down Syndrome; 39. Dracunculiasis; 40. Dropsy; 41. Dysentery; 42. Dyspepsia; 43. Ebola virus disease; 44. Echinococcosis (Hydatidosis); 45. Eclampsia; 46. Emphysema; 47. Encephalitis Lethargica; 48. Enterobiasis; 49. Epilepsy; 50. Ergotism; 51. Erysipelas; 52. Fascioliasis; 53. Fasciolopsiasis; 54. Favism; 55. Filariasis; 56. Fungus infections (Mycoses); 57. Fungus poisoning; 58. Gallstones (Cholelithiasis); 59. Gangrene; 60. Genetic disease Eric J. Devor; 61. Giardiasis; 62. Glomerulonephritis (Bright's disease); 63. Goiter; 64. Gonorrhea; 65. Gout; 66. Heart-related diseases; 67. Herpes Simplex; 68. Herpesviruses; 69. Histoplasmosis; 70. Hookworm infection; 71. Huntington's disease (Chorea); 72. Hypertension; 73. Infectious hepatitis; 74. Infectious Mononucleosis 75. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative, Colitis); 76. Influenza; 77. Japanese B Encephalitis; 78. Lactose intolerance and malabsorption; 79. Lassa fever; 80. Lead poisoning 81. Legionnaires' disease (Legionellosis, Pontiac Fever, Legionella Pneumonia); 82. Leishmaniasis; 83. Leprosy (Hansen's disease); 84. Leptospirosis 85. Leukemia; 86. Lupus Erythematosus; 87. Lyme Borreliosis (Lyme Disease)

'... it is full of fascinating snippets ... Put the entries together and you get a fine historical perspective from which to judge the panic over the 'global threat' posed by Sars or the risk posed by 'infectious immigrants.' Health Service Journal 'Written for a wide audience, including health professionals and the general reader, this dictionary offers a clear understanding and intriguing history of human disease ... an easy, accessible style ... '. Reference Reviews '... the book is readable and provides a good introduction to the topics. The information is accessible and does not require prior knowledge. It can also be useful to have a potted history of disease in one volume. In terms of readership, it should be an excellent source for family historians and genealogists who would like to know more about the diseases suffered by their ancestors.' Annals of Human Biology '... readers ... will effortlessly acquire a reliable basic understanding of each disease as it exists today, and of its emergence onto the biomedical stage ... readers ... particularly students, find themselves better prepared to tackle more complex and more specialized texts.' British Journal for the History of Science