Offers critical insights into the emergence of new categories of illness in the modern period and into the historical geography of disease. This book presents a perspective on the history of health, medicine and the environment. It also provides a commentary on the global politics, economics, and ideologies of health care in the modern world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-277) and index.

Histories -- Strange reactions -- Allergy in the clinic -- The global economy of allergy -- Civilization and disease -- Resisting modernity -- Futures.