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Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000

Mycoses and Modernity

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Aya Homei

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Michael Worboys

    1. Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (STMMH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 1-16Open Access

  3. Ringworm: A Disease of Schools and Mass Schooling

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 17-42Open Access

  4. Athlete’s Foot: A Disease of Fitness and Hygiene

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 43-66Open Access

  5. Candida: A Disease of Antibiotics

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 67-97Open Access

  6. Endemic Mycoses and Allergies: Diseases of Social Change

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 98-117Open Access

  7. Aspergillosis: A Disease of Modern Technology

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 118-136Open Access

  8. Conclusion

    • Aya Homei, Michael Worboys
    Pages 137-141Open Access

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 142-225
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About this book

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 mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Keywords

  • Medical History
  • history of science
  • social and cultural history
  • 19th and 20th century history
  • 21st century
  • access
  • Britain
  • Great Britain
  • history
  • history of literature
  • infection
  • knowledge
  • medicine
  • social change
  • USA
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Reviews

“Fungal Disease is a significant introduction to the history of medical mycology with a variety of case studies in two nations. The authors provide strong arguments for the necessity of including fungal diseases within the wider historiography of medicine.” (Rosemary Wall, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 90 (4), 2016)

“Homei and Worboys have used the history of fungal disease to cleverly extend this dynamic to the social level, examining the conditions that have promoted the apparent emergence of fungal diseases … . With respect to specialisation, the authors nicely problematise expected natural histories of inevitable differentiation and specialisation. … we should be grateful to the manner in which the authors have turned our attention to these microbes and diseases all around us.” (Scott H. Podolsky, Medical History, Vol. 59 (3), 2015)
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Aya Homei

  • Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

    Michael Worboys

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About the authors

Aya Homei is a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, UK. She is currently working on a new book, Family Planning, Health Promotion and Global Medicine, 1945-1995: The Activities of Japanese Health Campaigners around the World (forthcoming).

Michael Worboys is Director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. He works on the history of infectious diseases and has recently published, with Neil Pemberton, Rabies in Britain: Dogs, Disease and Culture, 1830-2000 (Palgrave 2012).
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Softcover Book USD 23.00
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  • ISBN: 978-1-137-39263-3
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Hardcover Book USD 31.00
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