As part of our Year of Public Health initiative, Access Services Librarian, Kerry McKee, organized a book display highlighting items from our collection that focus on the stories and circumstances surrounding some of the most legendary public health episodes in human history. The following titles are just a selection of the items included, and they can all be found at the Levy Library circulation desk!
Pox: An American History chronicles how America’s Progressive Era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century’s leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service is a history of the elite medical corps at the forefront of the world’s most dangerous epidemics cites their victories over such diseases as polio, cholera, and smallpox.
The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon’s Greatest Army is the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature.