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Contagion Before Cure

By Mindy Sanchez

Contagion Before Cure

By Mindy Sanchez

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Contagion Before Cure: The Long War Between Humans and Disease is a sweeping, meticulously researched exploration of humanity's oldest and most relentless adversary. From prehistoric parasites and early plagues to modern pandemics and antimicrobial resistance, this book traces how viruses, bacteria, and parasites have shaped civilizations, altered history, and tested human survival across millennia-culminating in the world as it stands in 2025.Blending medical history, anthropology, and global perspective, Mindy Sanchez reveals how disease followed humanity's greatest milestones: the rise of agriculture, the birth of cities, global trade, industrialization, and modern travel. Each chapter examines not only the pathogens themselves, but the human conditions that allowed them to thrive-crowding, war, inequality, denial, and environmental disruption.This is not a clinical textbook, but a human story. It captures the fear, resilience, innovation, and hard-earned lessons written into outbreaks from ancient times through COVID-19. Readers will discover how cures emerged only after unimaginable loss, and why progress has always carried unintended consequences.Clear, compelling, and deeply relevant, Contagion Before Cure challenges readers to understand disease not as an anomaly, but as a constant force intertwined with human choices-past, present, and future.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2025-12-29
Publication Date:
2025-12-29
Publisher:
Apophis Enterprises LLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798295509100
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
220 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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