▪ Abstract We use an expanded framework of multiple epidemiologic transitions to review the
issues of re/emerging infection. The first epidemiologic transition was associated with a rise …

Before the discovery of Treponema pallidum as the etiologic agent, the origins of syphilis
have been the subject of several debates. Diverse therapeutic agents were employed in an …

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone
Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic …

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques
can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in …

This book is entirely devoted to the study of children's skeletons from archaeological and
forensic contexts. It provides an extensive review of the osteological methods and theoretical …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Designed for survey courses in the field A History of Medicine presents a wide-ranging
overview for those seeking a solid grounding in the medical history of Western and non …

The Photographic Regional Atlas of Bone Disease is intended to serve the needs of a
diverse audience including paleopathologists, physical anthropologists and other …

In 1601, an artisan in Nördlingen named Hans Schwarz was arrested by the local council
because of a weapons violation. The problem was not that Schwarz had kept or used an …

Syphilis took its name from GiroIamo Fracastoro's well-known poem, Syphilis, sive morbus
gallicus (1530), in which the Italian humanist-physician in vented this phrase to name the …