Civilization and Disease / / Henry E. Sigerist.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Edition:with a new foreword
Language:English
Series:Messenger Lectures
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Physical Description:1 online resource (300 p.) :; 52 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • 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