The Cambridge World History of Human Disease

The Cambridge World History of Human Disease
Author: composite authors
Cambridge University Press
1993
Pages: 1201
Language: English
Format: pdf
Size: 68.75 Mb

Combining recent medical discoveries with historical and geographical scholarship, The Cambridge World History of Human Disease traces the concept of disease throughout history and in each major world region. It offers the history and geography of each significant human disease--both historical and contemporary--from AIDS to yellow fever, and touches on the variety of approaches that different medical traditions have used to fight disease. Accessible to laypeople and specialists alike, The Cambridge World History of Human Disease offers an extraordinary glimpse of what is known about human health as the twenty-first century begins.