title: 'The illusion of an explanation': the concept of hereditary disease, 1770-1870.
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. ucgajcw@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Waller
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors