This dimension groups medical conditions by the era in which they were first described. Wikipedia notes that death due to disease "is called death by natural causes," and medicine has described new conditions in every era since. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare conditions first described in the same period.
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Uses International Classification 15th century
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1. ICD-10 (Wikipedia)
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ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997Contains: HIV/AIDS
A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC PressContains: Chronic Kidney Disease
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