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This volume traces the influence of disease on the civilizations, armies, and leaders that dominate history. They demonstrate that even the most powerful individuals and societies can be, and have been, fatally weakened by disease.
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The late Frederick Cartwright headed the Department of the History of Medicine at King's College Medical School, London.
Michael Biddiss is Emeritus Professor of History and former Dean of Letters and Social Sciences at The University of Reading. Each was President of the Faculty of the History of Medicine at the Society of Apothecaries of London, during 1980-1 and 1994-8 respectively.
Michael Biddiss is Emeritus Professor of History and former Dean of Letters and Social Sciences at The University of Reading. Each was President of the Faculty of the History of Medicine at the Society of Apothecaries of London, during 1980-1 and 1994-8 respectively.
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- PublisherSutton Pub Ltd
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0750923156
- ISBN 13 9780750923156
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