Disease and Civilization
The Cholera in Paris, 1832
Description:... Disease and Civilization explores the scientific and political ramifications of thegreat cholera epidemic of 1832, showing how its course and its conceptualization were affected bythe social power relations of the time. The epidemic which claimed the lives of 18,000 people inParis alone, was a watershed in the history of medicine: In France, it shook the complacency of amedical establishment that thought it had the means to prevent any onslaught and led to a revolutionin the concept of public health.Francois Delaporte teaches at the Universidad Autonoma deMexico.
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