Communicable diseases

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REVIEW (1)
IMAGE (1)
JOKES (4)

33-43	April 2008 Article Contagious cancer: The evolution of a killer By David Quammen SEE ALSO: Cancer; Communicable diseases; Diseases; Evolution; Genetic aspects; Tasmania; Transmission; Tumors PDF IMAGES
77-82	January 1953 Article Caution: Medical statistics at work By Leonard Engel SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Medical misconceptions; -Statistics; Statistics, Medical; Statistics, Vital PDF IMAGES
832-838	November 1912 Article The reservoirs of contagion By Carl Snyder SEE ALSO: Animals as carriers of disease; Communicable diseases; Transmission PDF IMAGES
690-696	April 1912 Article The new meaning of public health By Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Prevention; Public health; Public health laws PDF IMAGES
536-544	March 1909 Article The prevention of infectious diseases By John C. Torrey SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Contributions in preventive medicine; Jenner, Edward; Pasteur, Louis; Medicine, Preventive; Prevention; Rabies; Smallpox; Tetanus; Typhoid fever; Vaccination PDF IMAGES
194-203	July 1857 Article Causes and prevention of epidemics SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Environmentally induced diseases; Epidemics; Prevention; Quarantine PDF IMAGES

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Review

New armies in the never-ending war

By Howard Markel

SEE ALSO: Biological warfare; Communicable diseases; Fenn, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Anne); Germs: biological weapons and America's secret war (Book); Tanne, Janice Hopkins; Tucker, Jonathan B.; Miller, Judith; Reichman, Lee B.; Pox Americana: the great smallpox epidemic of 1775-82 (Book); Scourge: the once and future threat of smallpox (Book); Engelberg, Stephen; Timebomb: the global epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (Book); Broad, William J.

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L'Ange du foyer

By Max Ernst

SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Demonology

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821	November 1920 Editor's drawer/Joke True caution SEE ALSO: Charades; Communicable diseases; Crying in children; Nannies PDF IMAGES
549	September 1920 Editor's drawer/Joke Youthful discretion SEE ALSO: Brothers and sisters; Communicable diseases; Infants (Newborn) PDF IMAGES
160	December 1913 Editor's drawer/Joke A matter of precaution SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases PDF IMAGES
862	May 1851 Two leaves from Punch/Joke To find room in a crowded omnibus SEE ALSO: Communicable diseases; Travel etiquette; Women travelers PDF IMAGES

JULY 2008

HIGH NOON FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Why the G.O.P. Must Die
A Forum with Kevin Baker, Scott McConnell, Kevin Phillips, and Thomas Schaller

THE MAGIC OLYMPICS
With Tricks Explained!
By Alex Stone

THE CASE OF THE SEVERED HAND
A story by Robert Coover

Also: J.G. Ballard: The Boy from Shanghai