The Cambridge world history of human disease / editor, Kenneth F. Kiple ; Executive Editor, Rachael...
The Cambridge world history of human disease / editor, Kenneth F. Kiple ; Executive Editor, Rachael...
The Cambridge world history of human disease / editor, Kenneth F. Kiple ; Executive Editor, Rachael Rockwell Graham ; Associate Editors, David Frey [and others] ; Assistant Editors, Alicia Browne [and others]. [electronic resource]
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (xxiv, 1176 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Contents
Medicine and disease: an overview -- Changing concepts of health and disease -- Medical specialties and disease prevention -- Measuring health -- History of human disease in the world outside Asia -- History of human disease in Asia -- Geography of human disease -- Major human diseases of past and p...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1993.
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Summary
Combining recent medical discoveries with historical and geographical scholarship, this is the most comprehensive history of human disease since August Hirsch's monumental Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology in 1880. Accessible to laypeople and specialists alike, The Cambridge World History of Human Disease explores the patterns of di...
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Full title
The Cambridge world history of human disease / editor, Kenneth F. Kiple ; Executive Editor, Rachael Rockwell Graham ; Associate Editors, David Frey [and others] ; Assistant Editors, Alicia Browne [and others]. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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English
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Record Identifier
74VKVZRzVA2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZRzVA2Z
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ISBN
1-139-05351-5
DDC
610/.9
MMS ID
991023970912302626
