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272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674971721
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
A sweeping, global history of how slavery, colonialism, and war propelled the development of Western medicine.We think we know the stories of medical progress. We know that during the 1854 London cholera outbreak, John Snow traced the origin of th...
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272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674971721
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
A sweeping, global history of how slavery, colonialism, and war propelled the development of Western medicine.We think we know the stories of medical progress. We know that during the 1854 London cholera outbreak, John Snow traced the origin of th...
Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews
Moods
challenging 60%
reflective 40%
dark 30%
Pace
slow 38%
fast 7%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Medical content, Pandemic/EpidemicModerate
Death, Medical trauma, WarMinor
Excrement, Vomit