Author: Bill Wasik
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0072NWKG0
A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim-and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. Download Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. It's a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years in the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies.
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