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This Mortal Coil : A History Of Death
Paperback Edition: 1
University of Manchester Professor Andrew Doig provides an eye-opening portrait of death throughout history, looking at particular causes from infectious disease to genetic disease, violence to diet who they affected, and the people who made it possible to overcome them. Along the way we hear about the long and torturous story of the discovery of vitamin C and its role in preventing scurvy; the Irish immigrant who opened the first washhouse for the poor of Liverpool, and in so doing educated the public on the importance of cleanliness in combating disease; and the Church of England curate who, finding his new church equipped with a telephone, started the Samaritans to assist those in emotional distress.
This Mortal Coil is a thrilling story of growing medical knowledge and social organisation, of achievement and, looking to the future, of promise.
Publisher : Bloomsbury
Publication date : 2022-02-01
Pages : 384
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Sociology, Social & Cultural History, Sociology: Death & Dying