Medicine and Power in Tunisia, 1780 1900

by Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher

Book Overview

Severe epidemics of plague, cholera, and typhus swept across Tunisia between the years 1780 and 1900. The society was galvanized into action: medical practitioners, religious authorities, and political leaders all tried to deal with the deadly crises. Muslims had, over many centuries, evolved ideas concerning the origin, prevention, and treatment of epidemic diseases that differed somewhat from those of their European counterparts. With European economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521529395
• ISBN13: 9780521529396
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"