Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine / Tom Koch.

Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2005.

xvii, 389 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-355) and index.

Mapping and mapmaking -- Medical mapping: early histories -- Mapping and statistics: 1830-1849 -- John Snow: the London epidemics -- The cholera debate -- Map as intent: variations on John Snow -- Mapping legacy -- Public health: the divorce -- Disease ecologies: disease atlases -- Complex processes: diffusion and structure -- GIS and medical mapping -- Map thinking: an afterward.