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ISBN10: 0754602583, ISBN13: 9780754602583, [publisher: Aldershot, etc.: Ashgate, 2000.] Hardcover First Edition xviii, 224 pp. Original laminated boards. Near Fine, without dust jacket (as issued). Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I: China: Epidemics, weather and contagion in traditional Chinese medicine, Shigehisa Kuriyama; Dispersing the foetal toxin of the body: conceptions of smallpox aetiology in pre-modern China, Chia-Feng Chang; The threatening stranger: Kewu in pre-modern Chinese paediatrics, Christopher Cullen; Part II: India: Notions of 'contagion' in classical Indian medical texts, Rahul Peter Das; Does ancient Indian medicine have a theory of contagion?, Kenneth G. Zysk; Part III: Middle East and Europe: Old Testament 'leprosy', contagion and sin, Elinor Lieber; Did the Greeks have a word for it?, Vivian Nutton; A ninth-century Muslim scholar's discussion of contagion, Lawrence I. Conrad; Contagion and leprosy: myth, ideas and evolution in medieval minds and societies, François-Olivier Touati; Contributors; Index. [Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
Hardback. New. The nine essays here examine what pre-modern societies thought about the spread of disease and how it could be controlled. They study the extent to which concepts familiar to modern epidemiology were present and what the pre-modern terminology tells us about the conceptions of those times. ISBN 0754602583 9780754602583 [GB]
ISBN10: 0754602583, ISBN13: 9780754602583, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]
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