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Disease And History
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Author : Frederick Fox Cartwright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Disease And History written by Frederick Fox Cartwright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Medical categories.
Describes the effects of disease on the course of history.
Disease History
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Author : Frederick Fox Cartwright
language : en
Publisher: Thistle Publishing
Release Date : 2014-07-31
Disease History written by Frederick Fox Cartwright and has been published by Thistle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-31 with Diseases and history categories.
A newly revised edition of an established classic in the history of medicine. Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general reader a wide-ranging and most accessible account of some of the ways in which disease has left its often dramatic mark on the past. It reviews, for example, the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of syphilis in the careers of Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible; the significance of smallpox for the conquest of Mexico; and the contribution of typhus to Napoleon's downfall and of haemophilia to the collapse of Tsarist rule in Russia. Other topics surveyed include the influence of tropical diseases in the history of the colonization of Africa, and the global death-toll taken by the so-called 'Spanish' influenza of 1918-9. The authors show how successive eras have registered some progress against pestilence, even while also experiencing confrontation with new and often unforeseen threats. Thus the final section of the book highlights how this field of history serves to illuminate many of the current problems now facing a world where disease - especially when combined with war, famine, and ecological recklessness - presents an ongoing challenge to human survival. 'A study whose outstanding virtues are economy, clarity and readability.' New Statesman 'A welcome updating and careful revision of one of the pioneering accounts of the social history of medicine.' Roy Porter, Professor of the Social History of Medicine, UCL 'Fascinating and highly recommended.' Library Journal
Disease In History
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Author : Bruce Short
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Disease In History written by Bruce Short and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with categories.
The impact of disease on history has probably been underestimated by conventional historians.Disease In History offers a broad range of essays and commentaries on medicine as practised within the ancient world, on the early development of modern medicine in the eighteenth century, and on medicine in early Australian history.In the final section the essays are devoted to medicine and modern history and include commentaries on the contemporary menace of biological warfare, the long-standing genocidal suppression of indigenous peoples, and the time-honoured couplet of war and epidemic disease.
Disease History
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Author : Frederick Fox Cartwright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Disease History written by Frederick Fox Cartwright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Diseases categories.
Disease And Medicine In World History
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Author : Sheldon Watts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-07-05
Disease And Medicine In World History written by Sheldon Watts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-05 with Health & Fitness categories.
Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as much by philosophers and metaphysicians as by university-trained doctors and other practitioners. Subjects covered include: Pharaonic Egypt and the pre-conquest New World the evolution of medical systems in the Middle East health and healing on the Indian subcontinent medicine and disease in China the globalization of disease in the modern world the birth and evolution of modern scientific medicine. This volume is a landmark contribution to the field of world history. It covers the principal medical systems known in the world, based on extensive original research. Watts raises questions about globalization in medicine and the potential impact of infectious diseases in the present day.
Disease And History
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Author : Frederick F. Cartwright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-04-01
Disease And History written by Frederick F. Cartwright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-01 with Medical categories.
An updated edition of this classic text which explores the impact of disease on the great events in history. The most powerful individuals and societies can be brought down by disease, such as plagues, smallpox, AIDS and SARS epidemics.
When Disease Makes History
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Author : Pekka Hämäläinen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
When Disease Makes History written by Pekka Hämäläinen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Epidemics categories.
The Routledge History Of Disease
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Author : Mark Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
The Routledge History Of Disease written by Mark Jackson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with History categories.
The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue to influence our present. Organized thematically, chapters examine particular forms and conceptualizations of disease, covering subjects from leprosy in medieval Europe and cancer screening practices in twentieth-century USA to the ayurvedic tradition in ancient India and the pioneering studies of mental illness that took place in nineteenth-century Paris, as well as discussing the various sources and methods that can be used to understand the social and cultural contexts of disease. Chapter 24 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315543420.ch24
A History Of Disease In Ancient Times
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Author : Philip Norrie
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-06-25
A History Of Disease In Ancient Times written by Philip Norrie and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-25 with History categories.
This book shows how bubonic plague and smallpox helped end the Hittite Empire, the Bronze Age in the Near East and later the Carthaginian Empire. The book will examine all the possible infectious diseases present in ancient times and show that life was a daily struggle for survival either avoiding or fighting against these infectious disease epidemics. The book will argue that infectious disease epidemics are a critical link in the chain of causation for the demise of most civilizations in the ancient world and that ancient historians should no longer ignore them, as is currently the case.
The Natural History Of Disease
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Author : John A. Ryle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
The Natural History Of Disease written by John A. Ryle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Clinical medicine categories.