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Irvine Loudon - Western Medicine, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Western Medicine

An Illustrated History

Av Irvine Loudon

3280 kr

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Beskrivning
Covering all periods from Ancient Greece to the present day, this richly illustrated history of medicine offers information and insight on a wide variety of topics. The great milestones of medical history - among them the discovery of the circulation of the blood, vaccination against smallpox, the invention of the X-ray, the development of penicillin - are charted. They are set against the social context of medicine, with accounts of more neglected areas such as patterns of epidemics, the emergence of the medical profession, the history of nursing, unorthodox medical practice, the spread of western medicine beyond Europe and the US, and the patient's viewpoint. Authoritatively and accessibly written by a team of twenty distinguished medical historians and including a helpful glossary, a chronology, and a full index, this is a fascinating introduction to medicine in the west from its beginnings to the present day.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1997-06-12
  • Mått: 187 x 251 x 28 mm
  • Vikt: 855 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 364
  • Förlag: OUP OXFORD
  • ISBN: 9780198205098
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A former GP and Research Fellow at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, Irvine Loudon's books include Death in Childbirth: An International Study of Maternal Care and Maternal Mortality 1800-1959 (Clarendon Press, 1992).

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What should one demand of a good history of medicine? My choices would be accuracy, lucidity, coherence, balance, and enough individuality to mark it out from its competitors. On these criteria, this book scores high ... All the authors have good things to say, and say them well ... the volume fully deserves to be on the shelves of all those interested in the history of medicine ... No longer can readers only of English complain at the lack of suitable general histories, and professionals will find much to ponder and debate.

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