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Author |
: Matthew Smallman-Raynor |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 219 |
Release |
: 2012-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199572922 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199572925 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Atlas of Epidemic Britain by : Matthew Smallman-Raynor
Using over 300 new maps, charts, photographs and associated text, this full-colour Atlas views a century of change in Britain's epidemic landscape. It maps and interprets the retreat of some infectious diseases, the emergence of new infections and the re-emergence of certain historical plagues.
Author |
: Smallman-Raynor Matthew |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2004-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781444114195 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1444114190 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases by : Smallman-Raynor Matthew
The euphoria about the defeat of epidemics which surrounded the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s proved short-lived. The advent of AIDS in the following decade, the widening spectrum of other newly-emergent diseases (from Ebola to Hanta virus), and the resurgence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria all suggest that the threa
Author |
: Tom Koch |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2011-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226449401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226449408 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Disease Maps by : Tom Koch
In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea—that the disease was carried and spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic and sent shockwaves through the medical community. In Disease Maps, Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics and their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, and the world. Disease Maps begins with a brief review of epidemic mapping today and a detailed example of its power. Koch then traces the early history of medical cartography, including pandemics such as European plague and yellow fever, and the advancements in anatomy, printing, and world atlases that paved the way for their mapping. Moving on to the scourge of the nineteenth century—cholera—Koch considers the many choleras argued into existence by the maps of the day, including a new perspective on John Snow’s science and legacy. Finally, Koch addresses contemporary outbreaks such as AIDS, cancer, and H1N1, and reaches into the future, toward the coming epidemics. Ultimately, Disease Maps redefines conventional medical history with new surgical precision, revealing that only in maps do patterns emerge that allow disease theories to be proposed, hypotheses tested, and treatments advanced.
Author |
: Sandra Hempel |
Publisher |
: Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2018-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781318805 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781318808 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Atlas of Disease by : Sandra Hempel
“A pleasingly written lay person’s primer to disease epidemiology, as well as a gentle introduction to the social and cultural history of medicine.” —The Biologist Includes extensive illustrations Behind every disease is a story, a narrative woven of multiple threads—from the natural history of the disease to the tale of its discovery and its place in world events. The Atlas of Disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new and innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world’s deadliest pandemics and epidemics. Sandra Hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth-century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the 1800s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s, and the more recent devastating Ebola outbreak. Crucially, The Atlas of Disease also explores how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patterns. These are the stories of discoveries that have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine, and saved countless lives. “Ample and well-chosen pictures . . . In fact, it is the sort of book that one can leaf through, looking only at illustrations and maps, and so is suitable for the informed and curious lay reader . . . Healthcare professionals and historians should also find it of interest.” —British Society for the History of Medicine Acclaim for Sandra Hempel’s previous works of medical history “A real-life scientific thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews “Riveting.” —Daily Telegraph “Fascinating . . . [A] masterful combination of telling details, engrossing prose, and drama.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author |
: Steven Johnson |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1594489254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781594489259 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ghost Map by : Steven Johnson
"It is the summer of 1854. Cholera has seized London with unprecedented intensity. A metropolis of more than 2 million people, London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure necessary to support its dense population - garbage removal, clean water, sewers - the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease that no one knows how to cure." "As their neighbors begin dying, two men are spurred to action: the Reverend Henry Whitehead, whose faith in a benevolent God is shaken by the seemingly random nature of the victims, and Dr. John Snow, whose ideas about contagion have been dismissed by the scientific community, but who is convinced that he knows how the disease is being transmitted. The Ghost Map chronicles the outbreak's spread and the desperate efforts to put an end to the epidemic - and solve the most pressing medical riddle of the age."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: Pamela K. Gilbert |
Publisher |
: SUNY Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2004-02-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0791460266 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780791460269 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mapping the Victorian Social Body by : Pamela K. Gilbert
Tracing the development of cholera mapping from the early sanitary period to the later "medical" period of which John Snow's work was a key example, the book explores how maps of cholera outbreaks, residents' responses to those maps, and the novels of Charles Dickens, who drew heavily on this material, contributed to an emerging vision of London as a metropolis. The book then turns to India, the metropole's colonial other and the perceived source of the disease. In India, the book argues, imperial politics took cholera mapping in a wholly different direction and contributed to Britons' perceptions of Indian space as quite different from that of home.
Author |
: Smallman-Raynor Matthew |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2004-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780340761717 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0340761717 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases by : Smallman-Raynor Matthew
The euphoria about the defeat of epidemics which surrounded the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s proved short-lived. The advent of AIDS in the following decade, the widening spectrum of other newly-emergent diseases (from Ebola to Hanta virus), and the resurgence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria all suggest that the threat of epidemic diseases remains at an historic high. The World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases provides a timely and scholarly review of over fifty of the most important such diseases at the start of the twenty-first century. This stunningly presented collection of maps, illustrations and commentary offers an authoritative overview of the global distribution of major epidemic diseases on a variety of spatial scales from the local to the global. The Atlas is arranged in an historical sequence, beginning with classic plagues such as the 'Black Death' and cholera and moving on through smallpox and measles to 'modern' diseases such as AIDS and Legionnaires' disease. Over 400 figures are incorporated, including 150 specially drawn maps supported by micrographs of the causative agents, photographs of the disease vectors, historical prints and graphs of changing incidence. The text for each disease includes discussion of its nature and epidemiological features, its origin (where known) and historical impacts, and its global status at the start of the twenty-first century. The book concludes with an informed look towards the future, assessing the probable impacts of major medical advances on life expectancy and the chances of success of programmes for the global eradication of diseases such as polio and measles. The World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases makes a major new contribution to our knowledge of the global burden of disease and is an informative and fascinating reference on the changing distributions of disease. It will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the spread, control and eradication of epidemic disease.
Author |
: Mitchell L. Hammond |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 536 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781487593735 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1487593732 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Epidemics and the Modern World by : Mitchell L. Hammond
Epidemics and the Modern World uses biographies of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS to explore the impact of diseases on society from the fourteenth century to the twenty-first century.
Author |
: Niall Johnson |
Publisher |
: Routledge Studies in the Socia |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0415514142 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415514149 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic by : Niall Johnson
This is the first book to provide a total history of and seriously analyze the British experiences during the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 which killed 40 million people worldwide.
Author |
: Terence Ranger |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052155831X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521558310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Synopsis Epidemics and Ideas by : Terence Ranger
From plague to AIDS, epidemics have been the most spectacular diseases to afflict human societies. This volume examines the way in which these great crises have influenced ideas, how they have helped to shape theological, political and social thought, and how they have been interpreted and understood in the intellectual context of their time.