Contagionism and contagious diseases: medicine and literature 1880-1933
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110305722
Date de publication :
15 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
489 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Understanding how `contagion’ and `infection’ have become powerful metaphors requires a historical reconstruction of this semantic field in the late 19th and early 20th century, when these concepts acquired a scientific meaning.