The Routledge History of Disease / / Mark Jackson.
"The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies...
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| Superior document: | The Routledge histories |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Taylor and Francis,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 2016 |
| Edition: | [Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge histories.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (674 pages) :; illustrations. |
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| Summary: | "The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue to influence our present. Organized thematically, chapters examine particular forms and conceptualizations of disease, covering subjects from leprosy in medieval Europe and cancer screening practices in twentieth-century USA to the ayurvedic tradition in ancient India and the pioneering studies of mental illness that took place in nineteenth-century Paris, as well as discussing the various sources and methods that can be used to understand the social and cultural contexts of disease. The book is divided into four sections, focusing in turn on historical models of disease, shifting temporal and geographical patterns of disease, the impact of new technologies on categorizing, diagnosing and treating disease, and the different ways in which patients and practitioners, as well as novelists and playwrights, have made sense of their experiences of disease in the past. International in scope, chronologically wide-ranging and illustrated with images and maps, this comprehensive volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of health through the ages."-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1787856151 113485787X 1315543427 1134857942 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mark Jackson. |