图书标签: 科普 医学 历史 flu 科学史 history 流感 医学史
发表于2025-02-13
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?
While influenza is now often thought of as a common and mild disease, it still kills over 30,000 people in the US each year. Dr. Jeremy Brown, currently Director of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health, expounds on the flu's deadly past to solve the mysteries that could protect us from the next outbreak. In Influenza, he talks with leading epidemiologists, policy makers, and the researcher who first sequenced the genetic building blocks of the original 1918 virus to offer both a comprehensive history and a roadmap for understanding what’s to come.
Dr. Brown digs into the discovery and resurrection of the flu virus in the frozen victims of the 1918 epidemic, as well as the bizarre remedies that once treated the disease, such as whiskey and blood-letting. Influenza also breaks down the current dialogue surrounding the disease, explaining the controversy over vaccinations, antiviral drugs like Tamiflu, and the federal government’s role in preparing for pandemic outbreaks. Though 100 years of advancement in medical research and technology have passed since the 1918 disaster, Dr. Brown warns that many of the most vital questions about the flu virus continue to confound even the leading experts.
Influenza is an enlightening and unnerving look at a shapeshifting deadly virus that has been around long before people—and warns us that it may be many more years before we are able to conquer it for good.
Dr. Jeremy Brown trained at University College School of Medicine in London and completed his residency in emergency medicine in Boston. He was the Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University before moving to the National Institutes of Health, where he now directs its Office of Emergency Care Research. His opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he has written for Discover magazine.
A splendid exhibition of knowledge and critical thinking...
评分好像是说2022左右新冠会出现二次全球爆发,以及2024年之前去人流密集的地方都还是有危险…唉
评分A splendid exhibition of knowledge and critical thinking...
评分作者真的很会讲故事,只看了开头,就追着看到结尾了。流感的历史部分,故事讲得引人入胜,疫苗、公共卫生决策的部分稍弱,流于表面。作者的观点我很赞同,百年过去了,我们好像知道了很多,但同时又有很多疑团未解开。有种一百年过后,又回到原点的感觉,但这是一个更高的起点。
评分2019年作者还出了一本简版,不知为何
我们做好了迎接下一场类似1918年大流行性疾病的准备了吗? 大多数专家认为,下一次疫情的暴发只是个时间问题。奥特姆的故事有助于把我对未来的思考集中在三件事上:我们对病毒的认知、对病毒的应对措施以及我们对下一次疫情所做的准备。 首先,在抗击流感的斗争中,我们所取得...
评分 评分病毒是这个星球上最古老的存在之一。在各种病毒里,人类最熟悉的是流感病毒,它与我们关系极其紧密,带来的影响很大。比如,公元前5世纪古希腊雅典人口的大量死亡、1675年伦敦的瘟疫大流行等,都引发了剧烈的政局动荡。现在的研究发现,这些事件可能都因流感病毒而起。病魔不断...
评分中文『在修昔底德之后的100年里,希腊医生希波克拉底描写了一种听起来像流感的疾病,这种疾病每年暴发一次。这种疾病的外观与在北半球的秋冬季可见的昴宿星团(the Pleiades,又称“七姐妹星团”)相似。』 原文【 A century after Thucydides, the Greek physician Hippocrate...
评分我们做好了迎接下一场类似1918年大流行性疾病的准备了吗? 大多数专家认为,下一次疫情的暴发只是个时间问题。奥特姆的故事有助于把我对未来的思考集中在三件事上:我们对病毒的认知、对病毒的应对措施以及我们对下一次疫情所做的准备。 首先,在抗击流感的斗争中,我们所取得...
Influenza pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025