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Downs: The history of a disability - Biographies of Disease Wright, David (Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
Downs: The history of a disability - Biographies of Disease
Wright, David (Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
Down's Syndrome is a mental disability with very distinctive characteristics. David Wright looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers - described for much of history as 'idiots' - since Medieval Europe right up to the present day; considering the change in attitudes, care, and identification of the condition in the modern era.
256 pages, approx 15 b/w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 25, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199567935 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 254 |
| Dimensions | 169 × 116 × 25 mm · 364 g |
| Language | English |