UID:
almafu_9959240571802883
Format:
1 online resource (377 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-935637-8
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0-19-935636-X
Content:
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 god Apollo were later described by Thucydides as having nothing to do with the gods, though the cause was just as much a mystery to him as well. 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 under
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes to the Reader; Prologue; Chapter 1 Homer-Hesiod-Torah-Greek Playwrights; Chapter 2 Philosophers; Chapter 3 Hippocratic Writings; Chapter 4 Galen; Chapter 5 After Galen; Chapter 6 The Causes of Plague (The Black Death) in Europe 1348-1350 CE; Chapter 7 The Late Renaissance Period; Chapter 8 Mechanical Philosophy, the Revival of Atomism, and Contagious Disease Theory in the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 9 The Discovery of Microscopic Life; Chapter 10 The Cause of Plague in France in 1720 CE
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Chapter 11 Plant Diseases Are Caused by Living Microscopic Cells (Fungi) That Are Not Spontaneously GeneratedChapter 12 The Nineteenth Century; Chapter 13 Filterable Agents, Designated as Viruses, Cause Contagious Diseases of Plants, Animals, Humans, and Bacteria; Appendix; Selected Readings; Permissions; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-935635-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
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