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9780750923156

Disease & History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750923156

  • ISBN10:

    0750923156

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Trafalgar Square
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Summary

This volume traces the influence of disease on the civilizations, armies, and leaders that dominate history. They demonstrate that even the most powerful individuals and societies can be, and have been, fatally weakened by disease.

Author Biography

Frederick F. Cartwright was a former Head of the Department of History of Medicine at Kings College Medical School, London Michael D. Biddiss is Professor of History at the University of Reading

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of Illustrations
viii
Introduction: Disease and History 1(4)
Disease in the Ancient World
5(17)
The Black Death
22(19)
The Mystery of Syphilis
41(22)
Smallpox, or the Conqueror Conquered
63(20)
General Napoleon and General Typhus
83(25)
Cholera and Sanitary Reform
108(18)
Gin, Flu and Tuberculosis
126(22)
Mosquitoes, Flies, Travel and Exploration
148(20)
Queen Victoria and the Fall of the Russian Monarchy
168(23)
Mob Hysteria and Mass Suggestion
191(15)
Conclusion: Current Problems of Survival 206(13)
Further Reading 219(6)
Index 225

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