• MeSH
• Cholera epidemiology   MeSH
• History, Modern 1601- MeSH
• Disease Outbreaks history   MeSH
• Epidemiology statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Geographic Information Systems history   MeSH
• Communicable Diseases epidemiology   MeSH
• Topography, Medical history   MeSH
• Publication type
• Map MeSH
• Review MeSH
• Statistics MeSH

• Conspectus
• Patologie. Klinická medicína
• NML Fields
• epidemiologie
• humanitní vědy a umění
• přírodní vědy

A comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease, this look at medical mapping advances a radical argument that maps are not merely representations of spatial realities but a way of thinking about relations between viral and bacterial communities, human hosts, and the environments in which diseases flourish. The history of medical mapping is traced—from its growth in the 19th century during an era of trade and immigration to its renaissance in the 1990s during a new era of globalization. Referencing maps older than John Snow\'s famous cholera maps of London in the mid-19th century, this survey pulls from the plague maps of the 1600s, while addressing current issues concerning the ability of GIS technology to track diseases worldwide.

Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

Mapping and mapmaking -- Medical mapping : early histories -- Mapping and statistics : 1830-1849 -- John Snow : the London epidemics -- The cholera debate -- Map as intent : variations on John Snow -- Mapping legacy -- Public health : the divorce -- Disease ecologies : disease atlases -- Complex processes : diffusion and structure -- GIS and medical mapping -- Map thinking : an afterward.