Table of Contents
Map x
Introduction: The Elephant in the Room 1
Part 1 The Unwalled City 2
1 Coughs and sneezes 13
2 The monads of Leibniz 25
Part 2 Anatomy of a Pandemic 35
3 Ripples on a pond 37
4 Like a thief in the night 46
Part 3 Manhu, or what is it? 59
5 Disease eleven 61
6 The doctors" dilemma 66
7 The wrath of God 75
Part 4 The Survival Instinct 87
8 Chalking doors with crosses 89
9 The placebo effect 121
10 Good Samaritans 136
Part 5 Post Mortem 151
11 The hunt for patient zero 153
12 Counting the dead 166
Part 6 Science Redeemed 173
13 Aenigmoplasma influenzae 175
14 Beware the barnyard 187
15 The human factor 201
Part 7 The Post-Flu World 213
16 The green shoots of recovery 215
17 Alternate histories 228
18 Anti-science, science 234
19 Healthcare for all 240
20 War and peace 247
21 Melancholy muse 261
Part 8 Roscoe's Legacy 273
Afterword: On Memory 287
Acknowledgements 296
Illustration Credits 297
Notes 298
Index 318