古今東西にわたる「病」の歴史の研究最前線を、専門家多数の執筆にて、一冊に凝縮。鈴木晃仁・慶應義塾大学教授が寄稿。New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2016. Chapters examine particular forms and conceptualizations of disease, covering subjects from cancer screening practices in twentieth-century USA to the ayurvedic tradition in ancient India, as well as discussing the sources that can be used to understand the social and cultural contexts of disease. From the Contents: 12. Disease, Geography, and the Market: Epidemics of Cholera in Tokyo in the Late Nineteenth Century (Akihito Suzuki)