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Author:

Duffin, Jacalyn.

Title:

History of medicine : a scandalously short introduction / Jacalyn Duffin.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xx, 495 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : heroes and villains in the history of medicine -- The fabricated body : history of anatomy -- Interrogating life : history of physiology -- Science of suffering : history of pathology -- First do no harm : history of treatment, pharmacology and pharmaceuticals -- On becoming and being a doctor : education, licensing, payment and bioethics -- Plagues and peoples : epidemic diseases in history -- Why is blood special? Changing concepts of a vital humour -- Technology and disease : stethoscope, hospitals and other gadgets -- Work of the hand : history of surgery -- Women's medicine and medicine's women : history of obstetrics and gynecology and women -- Wrestling with demons : history of psychiatry -- No baby, no nation : history of pediatrics -- A many-faceted gem : the decline and rebirth of family medicine -- When the patient is plural : public and international health -- Sleuthing and science : how to research a question in medical history.

ISBN:

0802095569 (pbk.)
9780802095565 (pbk.)
0802098258 (bound)
9780802098252 (bound)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)473375814

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)