Warm Climates and Western Medicine The Emergence of Tropical Medicine, 1500-1900 |
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| Volume Editor:
| Arnold, David |
| Series title: | Clio Medica S. /Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-5183-911-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Rodopi B.V. Editions
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.95 |
Book Description:
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hese essays provide valuable insights into the early history of tropical medicine and from the standpoint of several European powers. They examine the kinds of medicine practised, the responses to local diseases and environments and diseases, the nature of the medical constituencies that developed, and the relationship between the old medicine of 'warm climates' and the emerging tropical medicine of the late nineteenth century.
hese essays provide valuable insights into the early history of tropical medicine and from the standpoint of several European powers. They examine the kinds of medicine practised, the responses to local diseases and environments and diseases, the nature of the medical constituencies that developed, and the relationship between the old medicine of 'warm climates' and the emerging tropical medicine of the late nineteenth century.