The place of 'the tropics' in Western medical ideas since 1750

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-313

  Arnold, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; environment; imperialism; India; Manson; medical ideas; tropical medicine; tropics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TROPICS;

EID: 0030960808     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00144.x     Document Type: Article

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