The Conquest of Epidemic Disease: A Chapter in the History of IdeasThe Conquest of Epidemic Disease, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow's classic study in the history of medicine and public health, returns to print in this attractive paperback editon for students, scholars, and practitioners. |
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Contents
THE WORLD OF DEMONS | 3 |
THE WRATH OF GOD | 35 |
METAPHYSICAL MEDICINE | 40 |
THE UNIVERSE OF NATURAL LAW | 53 |
PRIMITIVE CONCEPTS OF CONTAGION | 75 |
THE GREAT TEACHER | 88 |
FRACASTORIUS | 117 |
THE CONCEPTION OF A CONTAGIUM ANIMATUM | 144 |
THE GREAT SANITARY AWAKENING | 236 |
THREE PIONEER EPIDEMIOLOGISTS | 267 |
PASTEUR | 291 |
PETTENKOFERTHE LAST STAND | 311 |
THE CONCEPT OF THE CARRIER | 337 |
THE INSECT HOST | 347 |
THE MODES OF INFECTION | 362 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 383 |
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