Abstract
AN unusual book, in which science, history, philosophy and the author's own personality are presented to the reader in discursive leisurely manner. It was written as a relaxation from work on typhus in the laboratory and the field—and it can well be read as relaxation by all. The scientific worker will gain by this dip into history; the historian will feel how broad-minded and well-informed he has become on scientific matters; and the lay reader will have a pleasant glow of self-satisfaction that he can find these deep matters so easy to understand.
Rats, Lice and History:
being a Study in Biography, which, after Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, deals with the Life History of Typhus Fever. By Hans Zinsser. Pp. xii + 301. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1935.) 10s. 6d. net.
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G., E. Typhus in Relation to History. Nature 137, 436–437 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137436a0
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