Historical Research on Infectious Diseases
Research Sources for Infectious Diseases (Still Under Development)
Primary Sources in Diaries, Film, Literature:
Experiencing Epidemics (European University Institute)
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel DeFoe
U.S. Library of Medicine: The Public Health Film Goes to War: The Films (World War II)
Exhibits:
Subject Guides:
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics (Harvard University)
A Timeline for the Eradication of Smallpox
Secondary Resources
Honigsbaum, Mark. The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris. First edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019. Print. (ZSR Library Atrium RA650.5 .H665 2019)
Kenny, Charles. The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease. New York: Scribner, 2021. (on order)
Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth. Infectious Diseases in Context. (Available as an e-book; needs WFU ID) Detroit, Mich.: Gale, 2009.
Magner, Lois. A History of Infectious Diseases and the Microbial World. (Available as an e-book; needs WFU ID) Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2009.