Disease and medicine in world history / Sheldon Watts.
| Author/creator | Watts, S. J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2003. |
| Description | 166 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Themes in world history Themes in world history. ^A511119 |
| Contents | Sickness and health, a global concern -- Before the advent of acute epidemic diseases : pharaonic Egypt and the preconquest 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-156) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| LCCN | 2002153796 |
| ISBN | 0415278163 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 40 W353D 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |