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Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground
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Description for Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground
Hardcover. Contends to understand epidemics and their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, and the world. This title provides a review of epidemic mapping today and a detailed example of its power. Num Pages: 368 pages, 106 colour plates, 35 halftones, 6 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBNS; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1100.
In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea-that the disease was carried and spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic and sent shockwaves through the medical community. In "Disease Maps", Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics and their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, and the world. "Disease Maps" begins with a brief review of epidemic mapping ... Read more
In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea-that the disease was carried and spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic and sent shockwaves through the medical community. In "Disease Maps", Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics and their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, and the world. "Disease Maps" begins with a brief review of epidemic mapping ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226449357
SKU
V9780226449357
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Ref
99-1
About Unknown
Tom Koch is adjunct professor of medical geography at the University of British Columbia; director of Information Outreach, Ltd.; and a prolific writer, researcher, and public speaker specializing in the fields of gerontology, bioethics, medical cartography, and public health. He is the author of fifteen books, including, most recently, Cartographies of Disease.
Reviews for Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground
"This is a masterly book in conception and structure. It is also extremely well written. What we find on reading is an exquisite telling of the history of the medical science of disease. The collection of medical maps, diagrams, and other illustrations is impressive in scope-there are many disease maps shown that have not been publicly available before or collected ... Read more