Cholera: The Biography
(inbunden)av Christopher Hamlin
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- Format:
- Inbunden (hardback)
- Utgiven:
- 2009-10-08
- Språk:
- Engelska
Cholera is a dangerous and frightening disease that can kill within hours. Chris Hamlin not only tells how the bacterial cause of cholera was discovered, but describes the experience of different countries, some of which continue to struggle with the disease today. Cholera is part of the Oxford series, Biographies of Diseases.
(Oxford)
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Public Health and Social Justice in the Age of ChadwickChristopher Hamlin (häftad) |
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It is a masterly fusion of history and contemporary research.
The Scotsman Fascinating stuff.
The Scotsman The stories they tell are often fascinating and alarming - pitched somewhere between farce, genius, horror and a lab report.
The Scotsman These four 'biographies' of diseases go far beyond questions of biology or medical practice; they talk politics, sex and class, faith.
Wendy Moore, British Medical Journal The notion of an ailment having a birth, a lifespan, and - ideally - a demise...is an illuminating and useful concept.
(Oxford)
Bloggat om Cholera: The Biography
Innehållsförteckning
1. Cholera - the very idea; 2. Cholera finds itself; 3. Citizen cholera; 4. Cholera confuses; 5. Cholera goes into analysis, and dies; 6. Cholera's last laugh; Prologue; Further reading
(Oxford)
