More Than Hot:: A Short History of FeverChristopher Hamlins magisterial work engages a common experiencefeverin all its varieties and meanings. Reviewing the representations of that condition from ancient times to the present, More Than Hot is a history of the world through the lens of fever. The book deals with the expression of fever, with the efforts of medical scientists to classify it, and with fevers changing social, cultural, and political significance. Long before there were