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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xii, 225 pages)) : illustrations. |
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text file rda |
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Science, technology and medicine in modern history |
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Science, technology, and medicine in modern history.
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| Access |
Open access. GW5XE |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850-2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete's foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection with Candida albicans); endemic, geographically specific infections in North America (coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis and histoplasmosis) and mycotoxins; and aspergillosis (infection with Aspergillus fumigatus). We discuss each disease in relation to developing medical knowledge and practices, and to social changes associated with 'modernity'. Thus, mass schooling provided ideal conditions for the spread of ringworm of the scalp in children, and the rise of college sports and improvement of personal hygiene led to the spread of athlete's foot. Antibiotics seemed to open the body to more serious Candida infections, as did new methods to treat cancers and the development of transplantation. Regional fungal infections in North America came to the fore due to the economic development of certain regions, where population movement brought in non-immune groups who were vulnerable to endemic mycoses. Fungal toxins or mycotoxins were discovered as by-products of modern food storage and distribution technologies. Lastly, the rapid development and deployment of new medical technologies, such as intensive care and immunosuppression in the last quarter of the twentieth century, increased the incidence of aspergillosis and other systemic mycoses. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (OAPEN, viewed July 8, 2016). |
| Contents |
Ringworm: A Disease of Schools and Schooling -- Athlete's Foot: A Disease of Fitness and Hygiene -- Candida: A Disease of Antibiotics -- Endemic Mycoses, Mycotoxins and Allergies: Diseases of Social Change -- Aspergillosis: A Disease of Medical Progress. |
| Local Note |
Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Springer Open Access eBooks |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Mycoses -- Great Britain -- History.
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Mycoses -- United States -- History.
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Diseases & disorders -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- British Isles -- USA. -- 20th century.
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History of medicine -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- British Isles -- USA. -- 20th century.
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Social & cultural history -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- British Isles -- USA. -- 20th century.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Mycoses. (OCoLC)fst01031346
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Diseases & disorders -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- United States of America, USA -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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History of medicine -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- United States of America, USA -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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Social & cultural history -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- United States of America, USA -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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Health and Wellbeing.
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Mycoses -- history.
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Neglected Diseases -- history.
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Antifungal Agents -- history.
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History, 19th Century.
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History, 20th Century.
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United Kingdom.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Worboys, Michael, 1948- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Homei, Aya. Fungal disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 (DLC) 2014000977 |
| ISBN |
9781137377029 (ePDF) |
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113737702X (ePDF) |
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9781137377036 (epub) |
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1137377038 (epub) |
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9781137392633 (paperback) |
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9781137377012 (hardback) |
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1137377011 (hardback) |
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1137392630 |
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9781137392633 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137377029 doi |
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