The Cambridge World History of Human Disease
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- 出版社 Cambridge University Press
- 出版时间 1993年1月
- ISBN 9780521332866
- 定价 4069.50
内容简介
Combiningrecentmedicaldiscoverieswithhistoricalandgeographicalscholarship,thisisthemostcomprehensivehistoryofhumandiseasesinceAugustHirsch'smonumentalHandbookofGeographicalandHistoricalPathologyin1880.Accessibletolaypeopleandspecialistsalike,TheCambridgeWorldHistoryofHumanDiseaseexploresthepatternsofdiseasethroughouttheworldaswellasthevarietyofapproachesthatdifferentmedicaltraditionshaveusedtofightit.Thevolumetracestheconceptofdiseaseasmedicinedevelopedfromanarttoascience,thenaddressesthehistoryofdiseaseineachmajorworldregion.Thefinalandlargestpartoffersthehistoryandgeographyofeachsignificanthumandisease-bothhistoricalandcontemporary-fromAIDStoyellowfever.Atrulyinterdisciplinaryhistory,itincludescontributionsfromover160medicalandsocialscientistsfromacrosstheglobe.TogetherwithTheCambridgeWorldHistoryofFood(2000),TheCambridgeWorldHistoryofHumanDiseaseprovidesanextraordinaryglimpseofwhatisknownabouthumanhealthasthetwenty-firstcenturybegins.
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