A History of Medicine - Rilegato

Magner, Lois N.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0824786734 ISBN 13: 9780824786731

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 1992

Riassunto

A non-technical, jargon-free presentation of the history of medicine from palaeopathology to recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It gives a wide-ranging overview of Western medicine and an introduction to the rich and varied medical traditions of the Near and Far East.;This text stresses the major themes in the history of medicine - placing the modern experience within the framework of historical issues - and it presents medical history as an important part of intellectual and social history, supplying students with an examination of the field that encourages them to question modern medical assumptions. Areas that are less familiar to students are highlighted, and case histories represent broader issues and trends.

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Contenuti

Palaeopathology and palaeomedicine; medicine in ancient civilizations - Mesopotamia and Egypt; the great medical traditions of India and China; Greco-Roman medicine; the middle ages; Islamic medicine; medicine and the Renaissance; the scientific revolution and the circulation of the blood; selected aspects of clinical and preventive medicine - from Sydenham to smallpox; childbed fever, midwifery and obstetrics; the art and science of surgery; the germ theory of disease - medical microbiology; diagnostics and therapeutics.

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Book by Lois N Magner

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• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0824786734
• ISBN 13: 9780824786731
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 400