理解疾病：从神罚到病菌的框架演变

Religion, ancient medicine, and other frameworks continue to inform how we think about illness Histories of disease are usually histories of science that focus on the occurrence of the disease (epidemiology), the disease processes in the body (pathology), the isolation of pathogens in laboratory settings, and the development of treatments and cures. In longer narrative histories, readers can expect to see public health measures such as quarantine practices as well as the specialized development of laboratory and pharmaceutical science and the individuals who discovered them. These are valuable histories. For many, they confirm the potential of good science to make our lives better. …