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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138009903321

Autore

Homei A

Titolo

Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 [[electronic resource] ] : Mycoses and Modernity / / by A. Homei, M. Worboys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2013

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-137-37702-X

1-137-37703-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 225 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

Disciplina

614.55

Soggetti

Great Britain—History

History

Civilization—History

America—History

Social history

United States—History

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Science

Cultural History

History of the Americas

Social History

US History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.