Medicine
Subtitle: a history of healing : ancient traditions to modern practices
By: consultant editor, Roy Porter.
Contributors: Porter, Roy 1946-
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books; Barnes & Noble
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Medicine -- History
Notes: This edition published by arrangment with The Ivy Press Limited.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline of medicine; title: The history of medicine / John Cule; title: The development of western medical science / Ann Dally; title: Herbalism / John Crellin; title: The body in balance / Roberta Bivins; title: Surgery and manipulation / Harold Ellis; title: Healing and the mind / Paul Lerner; title: Healers in history / Philip Wilson; title: East meets West / Mike Saks.