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Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000
Homei, Aya; Worboys, Michael
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Description for Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000
Hardback. This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century.
This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Series
Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137377012
SKU
V9781137377012
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99-15
About Homei, Aya; Worboys, Michael
Aya Homei is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, UK. She is currently working on a new book, Family Planning, Health Promotion and Global Medicine, 1945-1995: The Activities of Japanese Health Campaigners around the World (forthcoming). Michael Worboys is Director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and ... Read more
Reviews for Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000
“Fungal Disease is a significant introduction to the history of medical mycology with a variety of case studies in two nations. The authors provide strong arguments for the necessity of including fungal diseases within the wider historiography of medicine.” (Rosemary Wall, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 90 (4), 2016) “Homei and Worboys have used the history of ... Read more