Disease if you please…

One of my absolute favorite topics- which may seem odd- is that of the role of disease in history. Reading up on yellow fever in 1800s America is fantastic. Exploring letters about camp conditions during the Civil War is pretty amazing. When I am looking for these topics I generally tend to go to a site I found sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/) which has a whole collection of digital books on the subject. I thought as my first post I ought to allude to something which has been of great interest and assistance to me in my studies. I hope some of you find it as interesting as I have!