101 Diseases You Don't Want to Get (Paperback)

~ (Author), Dr. Oliver Fischer (Contributor) "Nobody likes being sick, but we are happy to read about illness safe in the knowledge that we'd have to travel thousand of miles from..." (more)
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Product Description

Every illness you've ever shuddered at is here in this handy pocket guide, from African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) to zoonoses, all charmingly illustrated. Find out what the symptoms are (you probably have one or more of them already), what your prognosis is (probably not good), where you caught it, and how it can be treated—if it can. And, of course, there are illustrations to let you know what you're going to end up looking like at the end of the whole sorry story.

In this line-up of real nightmares that want to take you down every time you step outdoors, scary exotics like West Nile and Ebola are profiled alongside familiar horrors like rabies and meningitis; relative newcomers like SARS, bird flu and HIV are detailed alongside those old enemies diphtheria, cholera, and many, many more. Each disease is dissected using these questions and descriptions: What is it; where can I catch it; major outbreaks; how do I know if I have it; chances of survival; and how do I get rid of it?

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; illustrated edition edition (September 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560257377
• ISBN-13: 978-1560257370
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,024,207 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Error-Ridden, March 26, 2006

By	H. Cannon (Park Ridge, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Full of errors -- within the first few entries it states that 22 people died of Anthrax in the 2001 outbreak (22 people contracted Anthrax, 5 died) and that only 12 documented cases of blastomycosis have occurred in the U.S. (don't know the exact number, but it's in the hundreds, at least.) Also, the photos are unlabeled and I'm pretty sure sometimes attached to the wrong disease. Disappointing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Idea, but Falls very short given the diseases it lists...., May 20, 2007

By	OverRunWithSons (PA) - See all my reviews

How can this book even be taken seriously when it leaves out such diseases as Huntington's and Lou Gerics, but has something as mild as children's "Fifth Disease" listed, which is simply a mild rash? Also I have to agree with last poster, there was NOT 22 deaths due to anthrax in the USA on one given occasion-which I also read. This book was thrown together quickly with little research.

5.0 out of 5 stars lpushel, November 10, 2009

By	lpushel "lpushel" (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews

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Purchased it for my daughter, a high school student. It is a great book for people interested in various diseases you really don't want to get