Title: Disease and medicine in world history
First published: 2003
Description: "Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical systems in the past were shaped as much by philosophers and metaphysicians as by university-trained doctors and other practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Medicine, History, Medicine, history, Disease, History of Medicine, World Health, Diseases, Global Health, Médecine, Histoire, Maladies, Santé mondiale, MEDICAL
LC classification: R131 .W35 2003