The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease
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- Editor: Kenneth F. Kiple, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
- Date Published: June 2003
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The Cambridge World History of Human Disease (CWHHD) was first published by Cambridge in 1993. The basis of this Dictionary is Part VIII, the last section of the work, that comprises a history and description of the world's major diseases of yesterday and today in chapters organized alphabetically from "Acquired Immune Deficient Syndrome (AIDS)" to "Yellow Fever." The last section of CWHHD has been fully revised and the essays have been condensed into shorter entries, with up-to-date information on AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, Ebola, and Tuberculosis. The Dictionary also includes three chapters from other parts of the CWHHD on "Heart-Related Diseases," "Cancer," and Genetic Disease." Including contributions from over 100 medical and social scientists worldwide, the Dictionary is a truly interdisciplinary history of medicine and human disease. Kenneth Kiple is a distinguished professor of history at Bowling Green State University. His research and teaching interests include Latin America and the history of medicine, disease, and nutrition. His work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Institutes of Health. He is the editor of The Cambridge History of World Disease (Cambridge, 1993) and with Kriemhild Coneé Ornelas, the award-winning Cambridge World History of Food (Cambridge, 2000).
Read more- Follow-up dictionary to the successful general history 'Cambridge World History of Human Disease'
- Global in coverage
- Ideal for non-medical and general readers
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"To read many of these esssays is to embark on a fascinating intellectual journey, if only because they illustrate not only what is known about individual diseases but what remains a mystery." ISIS
See more reviews"...probably the single most valuable reference work for any scholar of human health and medicine..." American Journal of Human Biology
Praise for Kiple's recent Cambridge World History of Food...
"The paperback contains short, alphabetical entries from more than 100 medical and social scientists around the world written more in layman's terms than the original...In addition to serving as a resource for university medical history students, the book will appeal to the average reader." Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune
"This is one of the best resources available for background and perspective on the diseases that afflict human beings ... Worth keeping close by for handy reference." Bloomsbury Review
"An epicure fantasy encyclopedia come to life." Bon Appetit
"It's hard not to feel a giggly kind of pleasure at the full extent of knowledge on display in the Cambridge World History of Food." ^The New Yorker
"In a word: Wow...The World History of Food is part fascinating reading, part essential reference tool. What's not in here dosen't exist." USA Today
"If you want to know more about what ailed your ancestors, this book will give you the details. For each disease--from AIDS to Yellow Fever--you'll learn about the common names, history, and symptoms and characteristics. This text's especially helpful if you're writing a family history and want to explain the symptoms of an ancestor's disease." Family Tree Magazine
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- Date Published: June 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521530262
- length: 428 pages
- dimensions: 245 x 175 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.73kg
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Table of Contents
1. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
2. African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness
3. Ainhum
4. Alzheimer's disease
5. Amebic dysentery n
6. Anemia
7. Anorexia Nervosa
8. Anthrax
9. Apoplexy and Stroke
10. Arboviruses
11. Arenaviruses
12. Arthritis (rheumatoid)
13. Ascariasis
14. Bacillary dysentery
15. Beriberi
16. The Black Death
17. Black and brown lung disease
18. Bleeding disorders
19. Botulism
20. Brucellosis (Malta Fever, Undulant Fever)
21. Bubonic plague
22. Cancer
23. Carrion's disease (Oroya fever)
24. Catarrh
25. Cestode infection
26. Chagas' disease
27. Chlorosis
28. Cholera
29. Cirrhosis
30. Clonorchiasis
31. Croup
32. Cystic Fibrosis
33. Cytomegalovirus infection
34. Dengue
35. Diabetes
36. Diarrheal diseases (Acute)
37. Diphtheria
38. Down Syndrome
39. Dracunculiasis
40. Dropsy
41. Dysentery
42. Dyspepsia
43. Ebola virus disease
44. Echinococcosis (Hydatidosis)
45. Eclampsia
46. Emphysema
47. Encephalitis Lethargica
48. Enterobiasis
49. Epilepsy
50. Ergotism
51. Erysipelas
52. Fascioliasis
53. Fasciolopsiasis
54. Favism
55. Filariasis
56. Fungus infections (Mycoses)
57. Fungus poisoning
58. Gallstones (Cholelithiasis)
59. Gangrene
60. Genetic disease Eric J. Devor
61. Giardiasis
62. Glomerulonephritis (Bright's disease)
63. Goiter
64. Gonorrhea
65. Gout
66. Heart-related diseases
67. Herpes Simplex
68. Herpesviruses
69. Histoplasmosis
70. Hookworm infection
71. Huntington's disease (Chorea)
72. Hypertension
73. Infectious hepatitis
74. Infectious Mononucleosis 75. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative, Colitis)
76. Influenza
77. Japanese B Encephalitis
78. Lactose intolerance and malabsorption
79. Lassa fever
80. Lead poisoning 81. Legionnaires' disease (Legionellosis, Pontiac Fever, Legionella Pneumonia)
82. Leishmaniasis
83. Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
84. Leptospirosis 85. Leukemia
86. Lupus Erythematosus
87. Lyme Borreliosis (Lyme Disease) 88. Malaria
89. Marburg virus disease
90. Mastoiditis
91. Measles
92. Meningitis
93. Milk sickness (tremetol poisoning)
94. Multiple Sclerosis
95. Mumps
96. Muscular dystrophy
97. Myasthenia Gravis
98. Nematode infection
99. Onchocerciasis
100. Ophthalmia (trachoma, conjunctivitis)
101. Osteoarthritis
102. Osteoporosis
103. Paget's disease of Bone
104. Paragonimiasis
105. Parkinson's disease (Parkinsonism)
106. Pellagra
107. Periodontal disease (Pyorrhea)
108. Pica
109. Pinta
110. Plague of Athens
111. Pneumocystis pneumonia (interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, pneumocystosis)
112. Pneumonia
113. Poliomyelitis
114. Protein-energy malnutrition
115. Protozoan infection
116. Puerperal fever
117. Q fever
118. Rabies
119. Relapsing fever
120. Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease
121. Rickets and Osteomalacia
122. Rickettsial diseases
123. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and related diseases
124. Rubella
125. Saint Anthony's Fire 126. Scarlet fever
127. Schistosomiasis
128. Scrofula
129. Scurvy
130. Sickle-Cell Anemia
131. Smallpox
132. Streptococcal diseases
133. Strongyloidiasis
134. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
135. Sudden unexplained death syndrome (Asian SUDS)
136. Sweating sickness 137. Syphilis
138. Syphilis, nonvenereal
139. Tapeworm infection
140. Tay-Sachs disease
141. Tetanus
142. Tetanus, neonatal
143. Tetany
144. Toxoplasmosis
145. Trematode infection
146. Trench fever
147. The Treponematoses
148. Trichinosis
149. Trichuriasis
150. Tuberculosis
151. Tularemia
152. Typhoid fever
153. Typhomalarial fever
154. Typhus, epidemic
155. Typhus, Murine
156. Typhus, scrub (Tsutsugamushi)
157. Urolithiasis
158. Varicella-Zoster virus disease (Chickenpox)
159. Whooping cough
160. Yaws
161. Yellow fever.
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