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Originally published in 1943, Civilization and Disease was based on a series of lectures that the medical historian Henry E. Sigerist delivered at Cornell University in 1940. Now back in print, the book is a wide-ranging account of the importance of social factors on health and illness and the impac...
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Sigerist, Henry E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Civilization and Disease / Henry E. Sigerist. with a new foreword Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (300 p.) : 52 b&w halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Messenger Lectures Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword: The Life and Work of Henry E. Sigerist -- Preface -- Introduction -- Civilization as a Factor in the Genesis of Disease -- Disease and Economics -- Disease and Social Life -- Disease and the Law -- Disease and History -- Disease and Religion -- Disease and Philosophy -- Disease and Science -- Disease and Literature -- Disease and Art -- Disease and Music -- Civilization Against Disease -- Epilogue -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Originally published in 1943, Civilization and Disease was based on a series of lectures that the medical historian Henry E. Sigerist delivered at Cornell University in 1940. Now back in print, the book is a wide-ranging account of the importance of social factors on health and illness and the impact that disease has had on societies throughout human history. Despite considerable advances in both medicine and historiography, Civilization and Disease remains a landmark work in the history of medicine and a fascinating look at, first, civilization as a factor in the genesis and spread of disease, and second, the effects of disease on such aspects of civilization as economics, social life, law, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts. In a new foreword written for this edition, Elizabeth Fee outlines Sigerist's life, works, and legacy as a historian, a teacher, and an advocate for universal health care, hailing Civilization and Disease as "an excellent introduction to Sigerist's work." Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022) Medicine and art. Medicine History. Medicine Philosophy. Consumer Health & Fitness. History. MEDICAL / History. bisacsh Fee, Elizabeth, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Fee, Elizabeth. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606553 print 9781501723438 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501723452 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501723452 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501723452/original |
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