Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine / Tom Koch.

  • Koch, Tom, 1949-
Date:
2005
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2005.

Physical description

xvii, 389 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Mapping and mapmaking -- Medical mapping: early histories -- Mapping and statistics: 1830-1849 -- John Snow: the London epidemics -- The cholera debate -- Map as intent: variations on John Snow -- Mapping legacy -- Public health: the divorce -- Disease ecologies: disease atlases -- Complex processes: diffusion and structure -- GIS and medical mapping -- Map thinking: an afterward.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-355) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    ED /KOC
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ISBN

  • 1589481208
  • 9781589481206