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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466333903321

Autore

Carter K. Codell (Kay Codell), <1939-, >

Titolo

The rise of causal concepts of disease : case histories / / K. Codell Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-24812-6

1-315-23730-X

1-351-88264-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Collana

The History of Medicine in Context

Disciplina

616.07/1

Soggetti

Diseases - Causes and theories of causation - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Causes of disease in early nineteenth-century practical medicine -- 2. Universal necessary causes -- 3. Etiological characterizations -- 4. Microorganisms as causes -- 5. The bacterial hypothesis -- 6. A bacterial theory of disease -- 7. Proving disease causation -- 8. The etiological standpoint -- 9. An ideational theory of disease -- 10. Protozoal and viral theories of disease -- 11. A nutritional deficiency theory of disease.