Can humanity address climate change without believing it? Medical history suggests it is possible
- Written by Ron Barrett, Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College
Monster Soup, an 1828 political cartoon by William Health, shows a woman horrified by a magnified drop of Thames River water.Wellcome Images via WikimediaStrange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.
While researching for a new book about the history of emerging infections, I...