New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 246pp. from front flap: "Here are stories of seven diseases that altered forever the course of human history: smallpox, leprosy, plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS. With compassion and an eye for fascinating detail, Jeanette Farrell writes of societies.....