Что нас (не) убивает. Самые страшные эпидемии в истории человечества и герои, которые с ними боролись

Ostroumnyĭ ėkskurs po samym strashnym ėpidemii͡am v istorii chelovechestva - ot chumy do poliomielita - i difiramby geroi͡am, kotorye s nimi borolisʹV 1518 godu v nebolʹshom gorodke v Ėlʹzase frau Troffea nachala tant͡sevatʹ bez ostanovki, poka shestʹ dneĭ spusti͡a ne umerla. Vskore k neĭ prisoedinilisʹ eshche 34 selʹskikh zhiteli͡a. Potom eshche. Za mesi͡at͡s zagadochnai͡a tant͡sui͡ushchai͡a chuma porazila bolee 400 chelovek. V Anglii kont͡sa XVII veka ėkst͡sentrichnyĭ dzhentlʹmen osnoval v svoem milom gorodskom dome 'Klub beznosykh' - obshchestvennyĭ klub dli͡a tekh, kto poteri͡al nos i drugie chasti tela iz-za neizlechimogo v to vremi͡a sifilisa. A v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke na rubezhe vekov irlandskai͡a kukharka stala prichinoĭ dvukh smertelʹnykh vspyshek bri͡ushnogo tifa, v rezulʹtate chego ee prozvali Tifoznoĭ Mėri.Li͡udi vsegda ispytyvali pered ėpidemii͡ami misticheskiĭ uzhas i khoteli dokopatʹsi͡a do prichin. Nekotorye teorii slishkom strannye, chtoby veritʹ v nikh. Ėta kniga rasskazyvaet o zhutkikh podrobnosti͡akh katastroficheskikh bedstviĭ, kotorye my perezhili kak biologicheskiĭ vid, a takzhe o geroicheskikh figurakh, kotorye samootverzhenno borolisʹ, daby oblegchitʹ stradanii͡a svoikh sobratʹev.Dzhennifer Raĭt v svoem originalʹnom stile, sochetai͡ushchem nauchnyĭ podkhod i chernyĭ (konechno zhe) i͡umor, issleduet samye shokirui͡ushchie i smertonosnye ėpidemii i ikh vlii͡anie na istorii͡u i chelovechestvo.

A witty tour of the worst epidemics in human history - from the plague to polio-and the praises of the heroes who fought them. In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began to dance non-stop until she died six days later. Soon it was joined by 34 more rural residents. Then another. In a month, the mysterious dancing plague has affected more than 400 people. In late-17th-century England, an eccentric gentleman founded the "Noseless Club" in his lovely town house - a social club for those who lost their nose and other body parts due to the then incurable syphilis. And in New York at the turn of the century, an Irish cook caused two deadly outbreaks of typhoid fever, resulting in her nickname Typhoid Mary.People have always experienced a mystical horror before epidemics and wanted to get to the bottom of the causes. Some theories are too strange to believe in. This book recounts the gruesome details of the catastrophic disasters we have experienced as a species, as well as the heroic figures who selflessly fought to alleviate the suffering of their fellow humans.Jennifer Wright, in her original style, combining a scientific approach and black (of course) humor, explores the most shocking and deadly epidemics and their impact on history and humanity.