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A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyers, Todd.
- Series:
- The Cultural Histories Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical anthropology.
- Traditional medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024.
- Summary:
- This volume, part of 'A Cultural History of Medicine' series, explores the development and transformation of medicine in the modern age, focusing on the period from the aftermath of World War I to contemporary times. Edited by Todd Meyers, the book investigates the influence of cultural, social, and political factors on medical practices, technologies, and ideologies. Topics include the environment, food, disease, animals, objects, experience, mind, and authority, offering transnational and critical perspectives. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of medicine as both a scientific and cultural phenomenon, appealing to scholars, students, and readers interested in medical history and cultural studies. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE Environment
- HEALTH AND DISEASE IN AN ECOLOGICAL FRAME
- INFECTIOUS ECOLOGIES
- CHRONIC DISEASE: CANCER IN AN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF RISK
- THE BODY AS ENVIRONMENT
- CONCLUSIONS
- CHAPTER TWO Food
- BIOMEDICAL AND NUTRITIONAL WORLDS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
- BACK TO THE FUTURE? FUNCTIONAL FOODS
- RECONNECTING BODIES, ENVIRONMENTS, HEALTH AND CULTURE THROUGH FOOD
- CHAPTER THREE Disease
- KNOW YOUR SYNDROME: EXPANDING VALENCES OF DISEASE, 1920–2000
- THE SHIFTING BURDEN OF DISEASE
- THE MOBILE DEFINITION OF DISEASE
- PORTRAIT OF A DISEASE IN MOTION: DIABETES
- THE BROADER POLITICS OF DISEASE
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- CHAPTER FOUR Animals
- ANIMALS, AND THE ECOLOGICAL VISION OF HEALTH AND WELL- BEING
- THE JANUS FACE OF MEDICINE: ONE HEALTH, TWO HEALERS? Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-41816-1
- OCLC:
- 1528362148
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