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The White Plague is a 1982 science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert about an engineered disease which kills only women. It was nominated for a best science fiction novel Locus Award in 1983.
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [7] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. [1] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs , but it can also affect other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
White plague may refer to: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the caustive agent of tuberculosis. White plague (intermetallic), a white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound; White plague (coral disease), a disease caused by Aurantimonas coralicida bacteria; The White Plague, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert
The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society. Rutgers University Press. Debus, Allen G. (2001). Chemistry and Medical Debate: Van Helmont to Boerhaave. Science History Publications. ISBN 978-0881352924. Elvin, Mark; Cuirong Liu; Tsʻui-jung Liu (1998). Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History. Cambridge University Press.
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.
In Frank Herbert's science fiction novel The White Plague (1982), a vengeful molecular biologist creates an artificial plague that kills only women, but for which men are the carriers. He releases it in Ireland (to support terrorists), in England (to oppress the Irish), and in Libya (to train said terrorists), and then holds the governments of ...
(1984) The White Plague in Ulster: A short history of tuberculosis in Northern Ireland. [Belfast]: Ulster Medical Society. Chrétien, Jacques. (1998) Tuberculosis - the Illustrated History of a Disease. Translated by Clare Pierard. Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et les. Dormandy, Thomas. (1999) The White Death: A History of ...
Gene O'Neill (born 1938) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction.. O'Neill's professional writing career began after completing the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1979.