Miasma revisited: the intellectual history of tropical medicine

Tropical medicine arose as an area of medical practice in the last decade of the 19th century. Patrick Manson dominated its early history, and it thrived through the height of the colonial era. With the end of colonialism, tropical medicine underwent an evolution, with the rise of the disciplines of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australian family physician 2009-01, Vol.38 (1-2), p.57-59
1. Verfasser:	Gibson, Andrew D S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Climate Colonialism Fever Health care History History, 19th Century Hospitals Humans Medicine Travel - history Tropical diseases Tropical medicine Tropical Medicine - history
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Zusammenfassung:	Tropical medicine arose as an area of medical practice in the last decade of the 19th century. Patrick Manson dominated its early history, and it thrived through the height of the colonial era. With the end of colonialism, tropical medicine underwent an evolution, with the rise of the disciplines of travel medicine, geographic medicine, international health, and global medicine. With the links of tropical medicine to commerce, and tropical medicine?s indirect association with miasma, history might be seen to repeat itself. (author abstract)
ISSN:	0300-8495 2208-7958