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Disease in history : commentaries in medical history / Bruce Short.

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ISBN	9780975763667
Author	Short, Bruce (author)
Title	Disease in history : commentaries in medical history / Bruce Short.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Bellingen, NSW : North Bank Institute of Independent Studies, 2021.
Description	248 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	"The impact of disease on history has probably been underestimated by conventional historians.Disease In History offers a broad range of essays and commentaries on medicine as practised within the ancient world, on the early development of modern medicine in the eighteenth century, and on medicine in early Australian history.In the final section the essays are devoted to medicine and modern history and include commentaries on the contemporary menace of biological warfare, the long-standing genocidal suppression of indigenous peoples, and the time-honoured couplet of war and epidemic disease." -- Back cover.
Subjects	Medicine -- History
Subjects	Diseases and history
Call number	2024.087

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