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Explore the evolution of medical thought with Heredity and Infection: The History of Disease Transmission. Published by Routledge as part of the Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, this book examines how ideas about disease transmission have shaped modern biology and medicine over the last century. This work analyzes two major scientific shifts: the bacteriological revolution of the 1890s and the genetic revolution at the start of the twentieth century. These developments acted as catalysts for change, altering our fundamental understanding of why illness occurs. Beyond scientific achievement, these eras served as social and political watersheds that changed medical interventions and administrative methods. By examining these historical changes, the text provides a clear look at how scientific progress reconfigured the way society approaches health and medicine. It is an essential resource for those studying the history of science and the development of public health practices.

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Examines the development of disease transmission ideas over the last century.

Analyzes the impact of the 1890s bacteriological revolution on medical science.

Covers the twentieth-century genetic revolution and its effect on understanding illness.

Explores how scientific changes acted as social and political watersheds.

Details how medical and administrative means of intervention were reconfigured.

Part of the Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine series.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
06 September 2001
Listed Since
09 February 2007

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