Medicine : an illustrated history / by Albert S. Lyons and R. Joseph Petrucelli ; with special sections by Juan Bosch [and others] ; and contributions by Alan H. Barnert [and others].
Imprint
New York : Harry N. Abrams : Abradale Press, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-607) and index.
Contents
Early types of medicine -- Prehistoric medicine -- Primitive medicine -- Medicine in the Pre-Columbian Americas -- Ancient civilizations -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Hebrew medicine -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient India -- Ancient China -- Greece and Rome -- Cretan and Mycenaean medicine -- Greek medical mythology and the healing temples of Asclepios -- Pre-Hippocratic medicine (the philosopher-scientists) -- Medicine in Hippocratic times -- Hippocrates -- Medical sects and the center of Alexandria -- Medicine in Roman times -- Galen -- Medieval medicine -- The rise of Christianity -- The Dark Ages -- Medicine under Islam (Arabic medicine) -- The rise of the universities -- The Middle Ages -- The Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries -- The Renaissance -- Art and science -- The Seventeenth century -- The Seventeenth century -- The Eighteenth century -- The Eighteenth century -- The Nineteenth century -- The Nineteenth century (the beginnings of modern medicine) -- Infection -- Women in medicine -- Twentieth century -- Twentieth century.
Summary
Over 1,000 illustrations including 260 plates in full color enhance this extraordinary record of human achievement in the healing arts that offers the most complete and up-to-date treatment of a wondrous subject.
