Civilization and Disease With a New Fore Edition Contributor(s): Sigerist, Henry E. (Author), Fee, Elizabeth (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 150172343X ISBN-13: 9781501723438 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | World - General - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
Dewey: 610.9 |
LCCN: 2018021876 |
Series: Messenger Lectures |
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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." |