Disease and Medicine in World History

Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, Sheldon Watts presents this concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world.

List of contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 Sickness and health, a global concern, 2 Before the advent of acute epidemic diseases. Pharaonic Egypt and the pre-conquest New World: extinct societies, 3 Pluralism in ancient Greece, 4 The evolution of medical systems in the Middle East c. 632 CE to modern times, 5 Health and disease on the Indian subcontinent before 1869, 6 Medicine and disease in China: concepts and practices from c. 1900 BCE to 1840 CE, 7 The globalization of disease after 1450, 8 Medicine and disease in the West, 1050-1840, 9 The birth of modern scientific medicine: the German lands contrasted with the United Kingdom and the British in India, 10 Health and medicine in the world, 1940 to the present, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Sheldon Watts is a visiting professor of history at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Epidemics and History: Disease, Power and Imperialism (Yale, 1997).

Summary

Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, Sheldon Watts presents this concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world.

Product details

• Authors: Sheldon Watts
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2003
• EAN: 9780415278164
• ISBN: 978-0-415-27816-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 490 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Themes in World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, MEDICAL / History, General & world history, History of Science, General and world history, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General