Confronting contagion :: our evolving understanding of disease /
"Throughout history, mankind's working theories regarding the cause of infectious disease have shifted drastically, as cultures developed their philosophic, religious, and scientific beliefs. Plagues that were originally attributed to the wrath of the gods were later described as having no...
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Zusammenfassung: | "Throughout history, mankind's working theories regarding the cause of infectious disease have shifted drastically, as cultures developed their philosophic, religious, and scientific beliefs. Plagues that were originally attributed to the wrath of the gods were later described as having nothing to do with them, though the cause continued to be a mystery. As centuries passed, medical and religious theorists proposed reasons such as poor air quality or the configuration of the planets as causes for the spread of disease. In every instance, in order to understand the origin of a disease theory during a specific period of history, one must understand that culture's metaphysical beliefs."--Page 2 of cover |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (376 pages) |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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spelling | Santer, Melvin, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014182595 Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / Melvin Santer. Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. ©2015 1 online resource (376 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Homer-Hesiod-Torah-Greek Playwrights -- Philosophers -- Hippocratic Writings -- Galen -- After Galen -- The Causes of Plague (The Black Death) in Europe 1348-1350 CE -- The Late Renaissance Period -- Mechanical Philosophy, the Revival of Atomism, and Contagious Disease Theory in the Seventeenth Century -- The Discovery of Microscopic Life -- The Cause of Plague in France in 1720 CE -- Plant Diseases Are Caused by Living Microscopic Cells (Fungi) That Are Not Spontaneously Generated -- The Nineteenth Century -- Filterable Agents, Designated as Viruses, Cause Contagious Diseases of Plants, Animals, Humans, and Bacteria. Print version record. "Throughout history, mankind's working theories regarding the cause of infectious disease have shifted drastically, as cultures developed their philosophic, religious, and scientific beliefs. Plagues that were originally attributed to the wrath of the gods were later described as having nothing to do with them, though the cause continued to be a mystery. As centuries passed, medical and religious theorists proposed reasons such as poor air quality or the configuration of the planets as causes for the spread of disease. In every instance, in order to understand the origin of a disease theory during a specific period of history, one must understand that culture's metaphysical beliefs."--Page 2 of cover English. Communicable diseases. Communicable Diseases history Communicable Diseases https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003141 Communicable Diseases etiology Disease Outbreaks history Germ Theory of Disease history Maladies infectieuses. HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General. bisacsh MEDICAL Clinical Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Diseases. bisacsh MEDICAL Evidence-Based Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Internal Medicine. bisacsh Communicable diseases fast Electronic book. has work: Confronting contagion (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFPqvmWVqCkDBtTX96fVVK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Santer, Melvin. Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease. Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2015 xix, 353 pages 9780199356355 (DLC) 2014010298 (OCoLC)874093412 |
spellingShingle | Santer, Melvin Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / Homer-Hesiod-Torah-Greek Playwrights -- Philosophers -- Hippocratic Writings -- Galen -- After Galen -- The Causes of Plague (The Black Death) in Europe 1348-1350 CE -- The Late Renaissance Period -- Mechanical Philosophy, the Revival of Atomism, and Contagious Disease Theory in the Seventeenth Century -- The Discovery of Microscopic Life -- The Cause of Plague in France in 1720 CE -- Plant Diseases Are Caused by Living Microscopic Cells (Fungi) That Are Not Spontaneously Generated -- The Nineteenth Century -- Filterable Agents, Designated as Viruses, Cause Contagious Diseases of Plants, Animals, Humans, and Bacteria. Communicable diseases. Communicable Diseases history Communicable Diseases https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003141 Communicable Diseases etiology Disease Outbreaks history Germ Theory of Disease history Maladies infectieuses. HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General. bisacsh MEDICAL Clinical Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Diseases. bisacsh MEDICAL Evidence-Based Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Internal Medicine. bisacsh Communicable diseases fast |
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title | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / |
title_auth | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / |
title_exact_search | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / |
title_full | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / Melvin Santer. |
title_fullStr | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / Melvin Santer. |
title_full_unstemmed | Confronting contagion : our evolving understanding of disease / Melvin Santer. |
title_short | Confronting contagion : |
title_sort | confronting contagion our evolving understanding of disease |
title_sub | our evolving understanding of disease / |
topic | Communicable diseases. Communicable Diseases history Communicable Diseases https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003141 Communicable Diseases etiology Disease Outbreaks history Germ Theory of Disease history Maladies infectieuses. HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General. bisacsh MEDICAL Clinical Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Diseases. bisacsh MEDICAL Evidence-Based Medicine. bisacsh MEDICAL Internal Medicine. bisacsh Communicable diseases fast |
topic_facet | Communicable diseases. Communicable Diseases history Communicable Diseases Communicable Diseases etiology Disease Outbreaks history Germ Theory of Disease history Maladies infectieuses. HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General. MEDICAL Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL Diseases. MEDICAL Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL Internal Medicine. Communicable diseases Electronic book. |
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