Rabid : a cultural history of the world's most diabolical virus /

Wasik, Bill.

Rabid : a cultural history of the world's most diabolical virus / Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy. - New York : Viking, 2012. - x, 275 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-266) and index.

Charts the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies, documenting how before its vaccine the disease caused fatal brain infections and sparked the creations of monsters, including werewolves, vampires and zombies.

0670023736 : HRD $25.95 9780670023738

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Rabies--Epidemiology--History.
Rabies--Treatment--History.

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