Disease and Medicine in World History (Themes in World History S.)

Disease and Medicine in World History (Themes in World History S.)

Editorial Reviews
Review
Sheldon Watts has established a reputation as one of the world's premier scholars on global disease and medicine. Disease and Medicine in World History offers an insightful and provocative analysis of medical thought and practice situated securely in their social and cultural contexts.
-Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawaii

Book Description
covers the principal medical systems known in the past, based on extensive original research...subjects covered included are pharaonic egypt and the pre-conquest new world, the evolution of medical systems in the middle east, health and healing on the indian subcontinent

Disease and Medicine in World History (Themes in World History S.)

Disease and Medicine in World History (Themes in World History),Sheldon Watts,Routledge,0415278171,Disease,Diseases - General,History,History of Medicine,Medical,Medical / Nursing,Medicine,World - General,Diseases & disorders,Medical / History,World history

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