Rabid : a Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
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Compact discs.
Unabridged.
"Tracks Every 3 Minutes."
Read by Johnny Heller.
Rabid charts the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. In the absence of vaccination--as was true up until the late nineteenth century--the rabies virus caused brain infections with a nearly 100 percent fatality rate, both in animals and in humans, and the suffering it inflicted became the stuff of legend. The transmission of the virus--often from dog to man--reawakened a primal fear of wild animals, and the illness' violent symptoms spoke directly to mankind's fear of the beast within. The cultural response was to create fictional embodiments of those anxieties--ravenous wolfmen, bloodsucking vampires, and armies of mindless zombies.
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PUBLISHED
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 7 sound discs (ca. 8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781470826420
1470826429
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Murphy, Monica.
Heller, Johnny.
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Rabies -- History.
Rabies -- History.