The Routledge History of Disease

This book presents a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue to influence our present. Chapters examine particular forms and conceptualizations of disease, covering subjects from cancer screening practices in twentieth-century USA to the ayurvedic tradition in ancient India, as well as discussing the sources that can be used to understand the social and cultural contexts of disease. International in scope, chronologically wide-ranging and illustrated with images and maps, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of health through the ages.