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From the fourteenth-century plague to HIV\/AIDS today, diseases have fundamentally altered the shape of society, politics, and culture. In a sweeping, thoughtful account, \u003cem\u003eTwelve Diseases that Changed Our World\u003c\/em\u003e considers the history of twelve important diseases: their impact, their consequences, their costs, and the lessons learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining haemophilia, blight, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, syphilis, porphyria, and AIDS, this book not only covers the diseases' histories but also addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. Historical perspectives on these diseases will be indispensable for a better understanding of how we and our forebears survived the onslaught of \"plagues\" and how we might avoid their devastating consequences in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrucial to this examination is exploring how past experience can help us to deal effectively with \"coming plagues.\" Whether attempts to control outbreaks were successful or not, lessons can be learned that are crucial for disease containment today. 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