The deadly truth : a history of disease in America

Gerald N. Grob

The Deadly Truth chronicles the complex interactions between disease and the peoples of America from the pre-Columbian world to the present. Grob's ultimate lesson is stark but valuable: there can be no final victory over disease. The world in which we live undergoes constant change, which in turn creates novel risks to human health and life. We conquer particular diseases, but others always arise in their stead. In a powerful challenge to our tendency to see disease as unnatural and its virtual elimination as a real possibility, Grob asserts the undeniable biological persistence of disease.

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  • Preface Prologue 1. The Pre-Columbians 2. New Diseases in the Americas 3. Colonies of Sickness 4. The Promise of Enlightened Health 5. Threats to Urban Health 6. Expanding America, Declining Health 7. Threats of Industry 8. Stopping the Spread of Infection 9. The Discovery of Chronic Illness 10. No Final Victory Notes Index

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書名 The deadly truth : a history of disease in America
著作者等 Grob, Gerald N.
出版元 Harvard University Press
刊行年月 2002
ページ数 x, 349 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0674017579
0674008812
NCID BA58731730
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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