Biological and Medical Sciences: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liege, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XI

This volume begins with an essential and unpublished text of the late Mirko D. Grmek (1924-2000) on rising diseases. A set of 34 papers deals with the most diverse aspects of biological and medical sciences : biology in the classical age, natural history and world exploration, pathologies, medicine, hygiene, physiology, biochemistry and biotechnologies.