The Geography of Disease

This volume focuses on the relationship between geographical factors and the distribution of disease.

Frank G. Clemow (Author)

9781107600300, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2011

686 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm, 0.74 kg

The Cambridge Geographical Series originated in the late nineteenth century as a means of providing introductory guides to a broad variety of topics. In this volume, which was first published in 1903, the focus is on the relationship between geographical factors and the distribution of disease. In many ways a product of the colonial expansion which was occurring during this period, the text reflects both an emerging global consciousness and the development of an increasingly scientific attitude towards public health. Written for the general reader, it is both informative and highly readable. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in public health, the history of medicine, or the colonial mindset.

Part I. General Medical and Surgical Diseases: 1. The geography of disease, and the factors which determine it
Part II. Diseases of the Skin: 2. Skin diseases in general
Part III. Animal Parasites and the Diseases Associated with them: 3. Cestodes
4. Trematodes
5. Nematodes
6. Parasitic arachnidæ and insects
List of principal authorities.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]