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| 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 pharmacology -- On being a doctor : history of health-care delivery -- Plagues and peoples : epidemic diseases in history -- Why is blood special? Changing concepts of a vital humour -- Technology and disease : the stethoscope and physical diagnosis -- Work of the hand : history of surgery -- Women's medicine and medicine's women : history of obstetrics and gynecology -- Wrestling with demons : history of psychiatry -- No baby, no nation : history of pediatrics -- A many-faceted gem : decline and rebirth of family medicine -- Sleuthing and science : how to research a question in medical history. |
| Local note | Laupus-Copy 2 is in the Shingleton collection. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection |
| LCCN | 2001431531 |
| ISBN | 0802079121 (pbk.) : |
