The Burdens of Disease : Epidemics and Human Response in Western History /

Mostrar otras versiones (3)
Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hays, J. N., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Western World > history > Europe.
Western World > history > Americas.
Disease Outbreaks > history > Europe.
Disease Outbreaks > history > Americas.
Epidemics > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The western inheritance : Greek and Roman ideas about disease
  • Medieval disease and responses
  • The great plague pandemic
  • New diseases and transatlantic exchanges
  • Continuity and change : magic, religion, medicine, and science, 500-1700
  • Disease and the enlightenment
  • Cholera and sanitation
  • Tuberculosis and poverty
  • Disease, medicine, and western imperialism
  • The scientific view of disease and the triumph of professional medicine
  • The apparent end of epidemics
  • Disease and power.

Ejemplares similares