The Conquest of Epidemic Disease, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow's classic study in the history of medicine and public health, returns to print in this attractive

This book, first published in 1998, examines the practice of military medicine during the conquest of Africa.

The biological mingling of the Old and New Worlds began with the first voyage of Columbus. The exchange was a mixed blessing: it led to the disappearance of ent

In 1866 Patrick Manson, a young Scottish doctor fresh from medical school, left London to launch his career in China as a port surgeon for the Imperial Chinese

Examines the occurrence of disease on a global scale and explores the environmental, social, political, and economic implications of combating disease.