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Social History of Medicine

Cartwright, Frederick F.

Medical Books

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Disease and History

Cites specific instances in which disease affecting powerful individuals and societies has influenced the course of history

History

World

Devin-Adair Pub

Disease & History

This volume traces the influence of disease on the civilizations, armies, and leaders that dominate history. They demonstrate that even the most powerful individuals and societies can be, and have been, fatally weakened by disease.

Biddiss, Michael

Sutton Pub Ltd

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.

Science & Math

Famine, pestilence, and war, often feeding on each other, have challenged mankind throughout time. This book explores the impact of disease on the great events in history, demonstrating that even the most powerful individuals and societies can be and have been fatally weakened by disease. Plagues drained the strength of Ancient Athens and Rome. In the 14th century, The Black Death devastated Europe, signalling the end of feudalism and provoking the rise of dissident sects from within the church. Venereal disease could have prevented Henry VIII from securing the male heir he so desperately wanted, and certainly caused the insanity which afflicted Ivan the Terrible. In Mexico, smallpox was Cortez's most powerful ally against the Aztecs, while Queen Victoria transmitted haemophilia to her heirs, and consequently contributed to the collapse of the Russian monarchy. Each era has made some progress against physical and mental disorders, only to be faced with new and unforeseen threats. We, no less than other generations, are vulnerable to widespread outbreaks of disease.

Disease And History

Medicine

Diane Pub Co.

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 & History: Third Edition

Biological Sciences

Thistle Publishing

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Social History of Medicine

Disease and History

Disease & History

Disease & History

Disease And History

Disease & History: Third Edition