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Civilization and disease

Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957, author, Fee, Elizabeth, writer of foreword

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\"Originally published in 1943, Civilization and Disease was based on a series of lectures that the medical historian Henry E. Sigerist delivered at Cornell University in 1940. Now back in print, the book is a wide-ranging account of the importance of social factors on health and illness and the impact that disease has had on societies throughout human history. Despite considerable advances in both medicine and historiography, Civilization and Disease remains a landmark work in the history of medicine and a fascinating look at, first, civilization as a factor in the genesis and spread of disease, and second, the effects of disease on such aspects of civilization as economics, social life, law, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts. In a new foreword written for this edition, Elizabeth Fee outlines Sigerist's life, works, and legacy as a historian, a teacher, and an advocate for universal health care, hailing Civilization and Disease as \"an excellent introduction to Sigerist's work\"-- Publisher's website.

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Subject: Medicine History. / Medicine and art. / Medicine Philosophy.
• ISBN: 9781501723438, 150172343X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
R708.S59 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE