The History of Medicine
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Series: Very Short Introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: July 25, 2008
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780199215430
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: History of medicine; History of science; Medical / History; History; Medical History & Records; Medical; Medical / Nursing
First sentence: This is a short book on a very big subject. I have tried to provide a general framework for understanding the history of medicine since the ancient Greeks established what can be called the Western medical tradition.
Description: This title explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: List of illustrations; title: Introduction: the kinds of medicine; label: 1
title: Medicine at the bedside; label: 2
title: Medicine in the library; label: 3
title: Medicine in the hospital; label: 4
title: Medicine in the community; label: 5
title: Medicine in the laboratory; label: 6
title: Medicine in the modern world; title: References; title: Further reading; title: Index