A Short History of Medicine

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Erwin H. Ackerknecht

    ... 122, 157 Jackson, Charles T., 151 Jackson, Chevalier, 158 Jackson, James, Jr., 177 Jackson, John Hughlings, 163 Jacobi, Carl W. M., 164 Janet, Pierre, 166 Japan, 35, 144, 183, 185 Jefferson, Thomas, 110, 175, 177 Jenner, Edward, ...

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Steve Parker

    From traditional medicine to today's sophisticated gene therapies and robotic surgery, A Short History of Medicine combines riveting tales with surprising historical practices and extraordinary paraphernalia."--Back cover.

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By F. González-Crussi

    Written by a renowned author and educator, this book gives us the very essence of our search to mitigate suffering, save lives, and unlock the mysteries of the human animal. “[González-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal ...

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Steve Parker

    Dive deep into this magnificent medicine book to discover: - Vivid, compelling, and informative read written in an engaging and colorful style - Excerpts from documents, diaries, and notebooks offers fascinating eyewitness accounts.

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Steve Parker

    Dive deep into this magnificent medicine book to discover: - Vivid, compelling, and informative read written in an engaging and colourful style - Excerpts from documents, diaries, and notebooks offers fascinating eyewitness accounts.

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By F. González-Crussi

    While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and Eastern medical traditions.

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By F. González-Crussi

    An illuminating and accessible history of the evolution of modern medicine ranges from the Renaissance and the emergence of the science of anatomy in the 1500s, through the birth of surgery and the study of infectious diseases, to modern ...

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Charles Singer, Edgar Ashworth Underwood

    "My intention was to preserve the original form of the book as far as possible, and for the period up to about the eighteenth century this has I hope been...

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Erwin H. Ackerknecht

    Since it was first published in 1955, A Short History of Medicine has been hailed as the best available book of its kind: a concise and readable introduction to the...

  • A Short History of Medicine
    By Steve Parker

    From traditional chinese medicine to today's sophisticated gene therapies and robotic surgery, A Short History of Medicine combines riveting storytelling and beautiful images, historical accounts and lucid explanations, to illuminate the ...