古典時代，瘟疫耗盡了雅典和羅馬的活力。14世紀，黑死病蹂躪了歐洲，加速了歐洲封建時代的終結。梅毒可能導致了亨利八世沒有男性繼承人，而這對英國的安全至關重要，甚至對歐洲的政治和宗教影響巨大；梅毒還使伊凡四世患上了可怕的精神病，成為暴虐的沙皇制度的始作俑者。在墨西哥，天花是西班牙軍隊征服阿茲特克人的盟友。斑疹傷寒幫助俄國人打敗了拿破侖大軍。維多利亞女王將血友病傳給了她的後代，致使尼古拉和亞歷山德拉惟一的兒子得病，而這個人的悲劇導致了俄羅斯君主制度的垮台。 自古以來，疾病對人類歷史的發展就有著十分重大的影響。作者利用鮮為人知的資料和大量的插圖，展現了疾病對文明、軍隊以及著名領袖的侵害。此外，作者還介紹了每個時代人們對付體質和精神病患的手段的進步，並對各種可能侵襲我們當代文明的疾病，比如艾滋病進行了探討。作者警告世人：與任何時代一樣，對許多廣泛流...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克·F·卡特赖特曾担任伦敦国王学院医学院医学史系主任。他是多本医学史著作的作者。迈克尔·D·比迪斯是雷丁大学历史学教授，在相关领域有多本著作出版。

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as...(展开全部)

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to the diverse ideas about disease and its treatment throughout the world, Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in different cultures. Sheldon Watts reveals that medical practices in the past were shaped as mu...(展开全部)

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as...(展开全部)

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to the diverse ideas about disease and its treatment throughout the world, Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in different cultures. Sheldon Watts reveals that medical practices in the past were shaped as mu...(展开全部)

什麼是流行病？什麼是造成疾病流行的原因？ 流行病對於人類社會和文明造成什麼樣的影響？ 人類如何因應流行病所帶來的衝擊？ 「疾病」是一種客觀存在還是一種文化或社會建構？ 人類如何看待、詮釋、利用或療癒「疾病」？ 疾病是人類共同的生物性經驗之一，其存滅與盛衰，和人類社會的發展、文明的變遷，有著緊密而複雜的關係。我們不僅隨時隨地在「感知」，也在「製造」疾病；不僅在「界定」（frame），也在「建構」（construct）疾病。本書所收錄的十三篇論文，企圖以若干個案說明人類看待、認識、詮釋、利用或療癒「疾病」的古今之變，並探索疾病史研究的可能途徑、課題、材料、方法，以及寫作方式。 導言（節錄） 疾病也有歷史／林富士 一九九七年七月，中央研究院歷史語言研究所設立了「生命醫療史研究室」，其前身是成立於一九九二年的「疾病、醫療與文化」研討會。設立研究室的目的，是為...(展开全部)

什麼是流行病？什麼是造成疾病流行的原因？ 流行病對於人類社會和文明造成什麼樣的影響？ 人類如何因應流行病所帶來的衝擊？ 「疾病」是一種客觀存在還是一種文化或社會建構？ 人類如何看待、詮釋、利用或療癒「疾病」？ 疾病是人類共同的生物性經驗之一，其存滅與盛衰，和人類社會的發展、文明的變遷，有著緊密而複雜的關係。我們不僅隨時隨地在「感知」，也在「製造」疾病；不僅在「界定」（frame），也在「建構」（construct）疾病。本書所收錄的十三篇論文，企圖以若干個案說明人類看待、認識、詮釋、利用或療癒「疾病」的古今之變，並探索疾病史研究的可能途徑、課題、材料、方法，以及寫作方式。 導言（節錄） 疾病也有歷史／林富士 一九九七年七月，中央研究院歷史語言研究所設立了「生命醫療史研究室」，其前身是成立於一九九二年的「疾病、醫療與文化」研討會。設立研究室的目的，是為...(展开全部)

"In some ways disease does not exist until we have agreed that it does, by perceiving, naming, and responding to it," writes Charles E. Rosenberg in his introduction to this stimulating set of essays. Disease is both a biological and a social phenomenon. Patient, doctor, family, and social institutions--including employers, government, and insurance companies--all find ways to ...(展开全部)

"In some ways disease does not exist until we have agreed that it does, by perceiving, naming, and responding to it," writes Charles E. Rosenberg in his introduction to this stimulating set of essays. Disease is both a biological and a social phenomenon. Patient, doctor, family, and social institutions--including employers, government, and insurance companies--all find ways to ...(展开全部)