The Cambridge World History of Human Disease

by Kenneth F. Kiple (Editor)

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. This important book is now being reissued with a fresh new jacket design.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Medicine, Science, Biology, Health

1200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 29, 1993

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

1100 pages of how illness was interpreted and misinterpreted by churches, governments, society and medicine.