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Finke's 1792 map of human diseases: the first world disease map?

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Documentary evidence reveals that a German physician L.L. Finke produced a world map of diseases in 1792. This is much earlier than any world disease map previously known. Contrary to the contemporary literature in medical cartography this data proves that: (1) It was neither yellow fever nor cholera epidemics but indigenous diseases that were the catalyst for this earlier world disease map. (2) It predates Humboldt's influence on thematic mapping.

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  • Barrett, Frank A., 2000. "Finke's 1792 map of human diseases: the first world disease map?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 50(7-8), pages 915-921, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:50:y:2000:i:7-8:p:915-921
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