Medicine: An Illustrated HistoryAn extraordinary pictorial history of medicine, this comprehensive reference traces the growth and organization of the medical profession through its social, political, and historical backgrounds. Documents, drawings, and wall paintings from every place and period are effectively used. |
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Primitive Medicine | 32 |
Ancient Hebrew Medicine | 70 |
MEDIEVAL MEDICINE | 263 |
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Academy of Medicine Ambroise Paré anatomy ancient animals apothecaries Arabic Aristotle arteries Asclepios Avicenna became Bethesda Bibliothèque Nationale blood bloodletting body cause cells century B.C. Chinese Christian clinical Cnidos Collection concept contributions cultures cure developed disease dissection doctors drugs early Egypt Egyptian engraving epidemic especially established Europe famous fever four humors Galen Greek healers healing heart Herophilos Hippocrates Hippocratic hospitals human humors illness illustrated important infection influence knowledge later Library of Medicine London Louvre medical practice medical school medieval Mesopotamia methods microscope Middle Ages Mount Sinai Hospital Museo National Library nineteenth century nursing observations operation Paracelsus Paris patient person physicians physiology plague plants practitioners principal procedures public health religious Roman Rome showing sick smallpox society surgeons surgery surgical Sushruta syphilis teachings techniques temple theory therapy theriac treated treatises treatment tumors University virtually women woodcut World Health Organization wounds writings York Academy