Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
ch 1. The beginning : primitive and ancient medicine -- ch 2. Greek and Roman medicine -- ch 3. Medicine in the Middle Ages -- ch 4. Medical awakening : the renaissance -- ch 5. Medical revolution in the age of reason -- ch 6. Challenges in the twentieth century and beyond.
Summary:
Examines the history of medicine throughout the ages, even those that existed before recorded history, to explain the phenomena of life, illness, and death.
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