{"product_id":"disease-medicine-in-world-history-themes-in-world-history-9780415278171","title":"Disease  Medicine In World History Themes in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sheldon Watts has established a reputation as one of the world's premier scholars on global disease and medicine. \u003cem\u003eDisease and Medicine in World History\u003c\/em\u003e offers an insightful and provocative analysis of medical thought and practice situated securely in their social and cultural contexts.\" - Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawaii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface, 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","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018125312343,"sku":"9780415278171","price":45.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415278171.jpg?v=1750775718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disease-medicine-in-world-history-themes-in-world-history-9780415278171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}