Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 : Mycoses and Modernity.

By: Homei, AContributor(s): Worboys, MMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History SeriesPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013Copyright date: �2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137377029Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000DDC classification: 362.1969/69 LOC classification: DA1-995Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Ringworm: A Disease of Schools and Mass Schooling -- 2 Athlete's Foot: A Disease of Fitness and Hygiene -- 3 Candida: A Disease of Antibiotics -- 4 Endemic Mycoses and Allergies: Diseases of Social Change -- 5 Aspergillosis: A Disease of Modern Technology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Ringworm: A Disease of Schools and Mass Schooling -- 2 Athlete's Foot: A Disease of Fitness and Hygiene -- 3 Candida: A Disease of Antibiotics -- 4 Endemic Mycoses and Allergies: Diseases of Social Change -- 5 Aspergillosis: A Disease of Modern Technology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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