Download or read book Eras in Epidemiology written by Mervyn Susser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present, starting with the early concepts of magic and the humours of Hippocrates and moving through the dawn of observational methods, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution up to the development of eco-epidemiology.