History of infectious disease pandemics in urban societies / Mark D. Hardt.

  • Hardt, Mark D., 1955-
Date:
[2016]
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Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Physical description

xxiv, 247 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The past: human populations prior to sedentary life styles -- Origins of the urban death penalty: civilized diseases -- The first rural-urban turnaround -- Infectious diseases and medical traditions in the levant -- Emergence of the enlightenment -- Advancement of science and medicine -- Inoculation and infectious disease -- A review of the urban death penalty -- Postlogue.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780739180266
  • 0739180266