History of Medicine

"The facts are often fascinating and the prose is lively and accessible, guaranteeing interesting reading even for those on the receiving end of the stethoscope." -- Debby Waldman * <em>Quill and Quire</em> * "The first readers of this History of Medicine should be medical students. As the director of a history of medicine program I welcome this book, for at last I have a good textbook to recommend ... It should be bought by, or better still, presented to each Canadian medical student as a reward for acceptance into medical school." -- Peter Warren * <em>Canadian Medical Association Journal</em> * "A rollicking ride through the history of medicine ... Each chapter represents the tried-and-true teaching methods of the author ... [these], combined with the author's lucid writing style and often humorous approach, made me envious of Duffin's students." -- Hughes Evans * <em>Isis</em> * "Duffin's book is not only concise but also entertaining and enlightening ... a valuable, good-natured overview of a large topic that challenges everyone who teaches the history of medicine to do a better job." -- Barron H. Lerner * <em>Journal of the History of Medicine</em> * "This book is a superbly crafted volume readily accessible to the medical students for whom it was intended but equally rewarding to historians of all stripes for its wide-ranging and insightful discussions of the development of medicine from antiquity to Ebola and AIDS ... a reminder of the splendor and fascination of healing and its lengthy and compelling history." -- Susan E. Lederer * <em>Canadian Bulletin of Medical History</em> * "As a textbook it is not scandalously short, but great, concise, and straightforward. Recommended!" -- Charlotte Haug * <em>Journal of Norwegian Medical Association</em> *

Jacalyn Duffin is a physician, a historian, and Hannah Professor Emerita at Queens University.

Illustrations Tables Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction: Heroes and Villains in the History of Medicine 2. The Fabricated Body: History of Anatomy 3. Interrogating Life: History of Physiology 4. Science of Suffering: History of Pathology 5. First Do No Harm: History of Treatment, Pharmacology, and Pharmaceuticals 6. On Becoming and Being a Doctor: Education, Licensing, and Payment 7. Plagues and Peoples: Epidemic Diseases in History 8. Why Is Blood Special? Changing Concepts of a Vital Humour 9. Technology and Disease: Stethoscopes, Hospitals, and Other Gadgets 10. Work of the Hand: History of Surgery 11. Womens Medicine and Medicines Women: History of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women 12. Wrestling with Demons: History of Psychiatry 13. No Baby, No Nation: History of Pediatrics 14. A Many-Faceted Gem: The Decline and Rebirth of Family Medicine 15. When the Patient Is Plural: Public and International Health 16. Slow as a glacier, equally relentless: Patient-Centred Medicine 17. Sleuthing and Science: How to Research a Question in Medical History Appendix Learning Objectives Suggestions for Further Reading Index