Disease and Medicine in World History

Name: Disease and Medicine in World History
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ISBN: 9780415278171

ISBN-10: 0415278171

ISBN-13: 9780415278171

Edition: 2003

Authors: Sheldon Watts

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'Disease and Medicine in World History' is a concise introduction to the diverse ideas about disease & its treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present day America & Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness & forms of treatment in different cultures.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Sickness and health, a global concern



Before the advent of acute epidemic diseases. Pharaonic Egypt and the pre-conquest New World: extinct societies



Pluralism in ancient Greece



The evolution of medical systems in the Middle East c. 632 CE to modern times



Health and disease on the Indian subcontinent before 1869



Medicine and disease in China: concepts and practices from c. 1900 BCE to 1840 CE



The globalization of disease after 1450



Medicine and disease in the West, 1050-1840



The birth of modern scientific medicine: the German lands contrasted with the United Kingdom and the British in India



Health and medicine in the world, 1940 to the present


Bibliography


Index