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The guts of the matter : a global history of human waste and infectious intestinal disease / James L.A. Webb, Jr., Colby College, Maine.
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Webb, James L. A., Jr., 1952-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Description
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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RC860 .W39 2020
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Subject(s)
Intestines
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Diseases
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Infections
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History
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Excretion
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Health aspects
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History
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Communicable diseases
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History
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Sewage
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Sanitation
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History
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Sanitation
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Public health
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History
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Pathogenic microorganisms
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Series
Studies in environment and history
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Summary note
"The Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal pathogens from human waste.1 Over deep time, fecal pathogens have killed innumerable infants and young children and been a principal constraint on human population growth. Over the past several generations, we have gained increasing control over the transmission of infectious intestinal disease"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of figures Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Pathogens and parasites
Intestinal viruses, protozoa, bacteria
Intestinal worms
Deteriminants of diseases transmissions
Changing perspectives on childhood diarrheal diseases
The microbiome
Historical epidemiology epidemiology and contemporary interventions
Early change
Rethinking the first epidemiological transition
Patterns of vulnerability
Zones of infectious intestinal disease
Eurasian attitudes toward human waste
Early urband sanitation
Diffusion and amplification
The early diffusion of infectious intestinal disease to the Americas
The uses of human and animal wastes
Urban sanitation redux
Urban crisis of scale and the emergence of public health movements
Global cholera
Varitions
Early Seweage
Death by sewage
Dry Earth: and "Tub-and-Pail" Systems
Sewage farming and trenching household hygiene and contaminated milk
The typhoid fevr vaccine
Water filtration and disinfection
Options and adaptations
Water and sanitation in Latin America
European Colonial military sanitation
ater and sanitatio in tropical Africa
Water and sanitation in India
Sanitation at Mid-Twentieth century
The struggle against hookworm disease
Early control programs
The Rockefeller sanitary commission for the eradication of hookworm disease
The Rockefeller foundation's international programs
The international health board (1916-27)
Anemia as diagnostic conundrum
The unset challenges of human feces disposal
Assessments of the hookworm campaigns
Era of optimism
Sanitary pratices: Soap, refrigeration, and screens
Vaccines against poliomyelitis
The revolution of oral rehydration therapy
The world health organization and sanitation initiatives
The first and second United Nations development decades (1960-70s)
The international drinking water and sanitation decade (1980's)
Global health and infectious intestinal disease
The infant formula controversy
The child survival revolution
A new campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis
Community-Led total sanitation
Open defecation and the struggle for modernity
Deworming the world
Rotavirus vaccine
The seventh cholera pandemic infectious intestinal disease today
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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ISBN
9781108493437 ((hardback))
1108493432 ((hardback))
9781108737067 ((pbk.))
1108737064 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2019028815
OCLC
1121421302
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