Civilization and disease / Henry E. Sigerist ; with a new foreword by Elizabeth Fee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Fee, Elizabeth, writer of foreword.

Series:

Messenger lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

History.

Medicine and art.

Medicine--Philosophy.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Contents:

Foreword : the life and work of Henry E. Sigerist / by Elizabeth Fee

Civilization as a factor in the genesis of disease

Disease and economics

Disease and social life

Disease and the law

Disease and history

Disease and religion

Disease and philosophy

Disease and science

Disease and literature

Disease and art

Disease and music

Civilization against disease.

Notes:

"Originally published in 1943, now with a new foreword."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Originally published in 1943, Civilization and Disease was based on a series of lectures that the medical historian Henry E. Sigerist delivered at Cornell University in 1940. Now back in print, the book is a wide-ranging account of the importance of social factors on health and illness and the impact that disease has had on societies throughout human history. Despite considerable advances in both medicine and historiography, Civilization and Disease remains a landmark work in the history of medicine and a fascinating look at, first, civilization as a factor in the genesis and spread of disease, and second, the effects of disease on such aspects of civilization as economics, social life, law, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts. In a new foreword written for this edition, Elizabeth Fee outlines Sigerist's life, works, and legacy as a historian, a teacher, and an advocate for universal health care, hailing Civilization and Disease as "an excellent introduction to Sigerist's work"-- Publisher's website.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957. Civilization and disease.

ISBN:

9781501723438

150172343X

OCLC:

1008766811

Publisher Number:

99977520436