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The First World War: Disease, The Only Victor

Professor Francis Cox DSc · Gresham College

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About

The First World War was the first major conflict in which battlefield deaths exceeded those caused by diseases. Nevertheless, infectious diseases played significant roles in every front. This lecture will discuss the conditions necessary for starting epidemics and the spread of diseases and how these conditions were exploited by microorganisms not only during the war but also in its aftermath. Part of the Mondays at One Spring Series.

The talk

  1. The First World War: Disease, The Only Victor 2014-03-10 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Francis Cox DSc
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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