This is the first hiStory of epidemics in South Africa, Lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries.
The impacts of these epidemics ranged from the demographic--the "Spanish flu," for instance, claimed the lives of 6 pe.
Focusing on Five devastating Diseases between 1713 and today--smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and HIV/AIDS--the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences in both the short and long terms.
This is the first hiStory of epidemics in South Africa, Lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries