Epidemic Disease and Human Understanding
Subtitle: A Historical Analysis of Scientific and Other Writings
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: February 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780786425068
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; History Of Medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemics; History
Description: "The book is primarily concerned with the human experience of epidemic disease and the various ways this experience has been conceptualized and communicated. In surveying human responses to endemic disease, the book draws connections between three sub-genres of epidemiological writing: the encyclopedia, the intellectual history, and the biographical collection"--Provided by publisher.