LibGuides: ENGL 110, Fernandez, Fall 2013: History of Disease

Background Information

Disease
A topic page from Credo Reference that links to many other sources on this topic.
History of Medicine
From Encyclopedia Britannica

Cancer Cell Research: The Way of All Flesh
This program examines how HeLa cells have advanced the war on cancer and why they have caused controversy among scientists in the highly politicized research community. (57 minutes)

The Burdens of Disease: Epidemics and Human Response in Western History by J. N. Hays
Call Number: RA649 .H29 2009
ISBN: 9780813546124
Publication Date: 2010
Seeking the Cure: a History of Medicine in America by Ira Rutkow
Call Number: R151 .R78 2010
ISBN: 9781416538288
Publication Date: 2010
How Cancer Crossed the Color Line by Keith Wailoo
Call Number: RC276 .W35 2011
ISBN: 9780195170177
Publication Date: 2011
This book tracks the transformation in cancer awareness, revealing how not only awareness, but cancer prevention, treatment, and survival have all been refracted through the lens of race.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: RC275 .M85 2010
ISBN: 9781439107959
Publication Date: 2010
"The Emperor of All Maladies "is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer.

A few articles on the history of cancer. See the Find Out More page to look for articles on the history of another disease.