The Conquest of Epidemic Disease : A Chapter in the History of Ideas

Winslow, Charles-Edward A.

ISBN 10: 029908244X / ISBN 13: 9780299082444

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1980

About this Item

1st edition, 1980. Pictorial wrappers VG. Pages very clean & tight. Previous owner's name on title page. 410 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Conquest of Epidemic Disease : A Chapter in the History of Ideas
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029908244X
• ISBN 13: 9780299082444
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine

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Synopsis

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 paperback editon for students, scholars, and practitioners.

About the Author

Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1977–1957) spent the greater part of his long and distinguished career at the Yale Medical School, where he was Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health until his retirement in 1945. He was the author of hundreds of articles and more than twenty books, including the present work, which was originally published in 1943 by the Princeton University Press.