Rashes, tremors, nausea, fever, dizziness, swelling, fainting, bleeding, spasms, blindness, shock, coma, death. The three greatest killers in human history have not been war, famine, or natural disaster. They have been influenza, Black Death, and AIDS. Int he face of anxiety about an avian flu outbreak, The Little Book of Pandemics puts it all into context. A concise and compelling insight into 50 of the most virulent and vicious plagues, pandemics, and infectious diseases currently known to medical science, this is your guide book to diseases of the past and present with some warnings about the future. From outbreak and symptoms to percentage chance of survival everything you need to know is here. - Back cover.