Medicine and Healers Through HistoryKara Rogers Senior Editor, Biomedical Sciences The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 15/01/2011 - 240 من الصفحات The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease remains a challenging undertaking as emerging disorders and pandemics are constantly presenting new opposition. Behind the practice of medicine is a treasury of great minds and healers who have endeavored tirelessly at the forefront of disease management. This compelling volume introduces readers to the development of medicine over the centuries and to those intrepid individuals who have dedicated their lives to safeguarding the welfare of people around the world. |
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Ancient Medicine and | 1 |
Hellenistic and Roman Medicine | 19 |
Medicine in the Medieval | 26 |
Salerno and the Medical Schools | 32 |
Major Figures in 18thCentury Medicine | 45 |
The Rise of Scientific Medicine | 55 |
Gardner Quincy Colton | 67 |
Immunology and | 76 |
Tadeus Reichstein | 112 |
DEVELOPMENTS IN | 116 |
SURGERY IN THE 20TH CENTURY | 135 |
World War II and After | 144 |
Notable Figures in Surgery From the 19th Century | 151 |
Nursing and Influential | 160 |
Pioneers of Modern | 185 |
Glossary | 212 |
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