| ISBN |
1526624419 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781526624413 (hardcover)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9781526624406 (ePub ebook)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
491.358
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| 個人著者標目 |
Doig, Andrew.
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| 本タイトル |
This mortal coil :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
a history of death /
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| 著者名 |
Andrew Doig.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
London :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Bloomsbury Publishing,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2022,
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| 数量 |
x, 359 pages :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations ;
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| 大きさ |
24 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away, to one where in many countries excess food is more of a problem than a lack of it. Why have the reasons we die changed so much? How is it that a century ago people died mainly from infectious disease, while today the leading causes of death in industrialised nations are heart disease and stroke? And what do changing causes of death reveal about how previous generations have lived? This book provides an eye-opening portrait of death throughout history, looking at particular causes, from infectious disease to genetic disease, violence to diet, who they affected, and the people who made it possible to overcome them. Along the way we hear about the long and torturous story of the discovery of vitamin C and its role in preventing scurvy; the Irish immigrant who opened the first washhouse for the poor of Liverpool, and in so doing educated the public on the importance of cleanliness in combating disease; and the Church of England curate who, finding his new church equipped with a telephone, started the Samaritans to assist those in emotional distress.
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| 一般件名 |
Death -- History.
Death -- History. |
| 資料情報1 |
『This mortal coil :
a history of death /』 Andrew Doig. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022,
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/491.3/D65/T
資料コード：7115562076）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352055901 |
