Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 Mycoses and Modernity /

• Main Authors: Homei, A. (Author), Worboys, M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History,
• Subjects: Great Britain > History.; Science > History.; Civilization > History.; America > History.; Social history.; United States > History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Science.; Cultural History.; History of the Americas.; Social History.; US History.
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This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mi...