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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search; Singer, Charles, and E. Ashworth Underwood. A Short History of Medicine (2nd ed. 1962) Watts, Sheldon. Disease and Medicine in World History (2003), 166pp online Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
Among other things, the book is known for the discovery of contagious diseases, and the introduction of experimental medicine, [1] clinical trials, [2] randomized controlled trials, [3] [4] efficacy tests, [5] [6] and clinical pharmacology. [7] The work is considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. [8]
The History of Women, Health, and Medicine in America: An Encyclopedic Handbook (Garland Publishing, 1990) Numbers, Ronald L. "The History of American Medicine: A Field in Ferment" Reviews in American History 10#4 (1982) 245-263 in JSTOR; Shryock, Richard H. "The Significance of Medicine in American History."
A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
All human societies have medical beliefs - birth, death, disease and cures are explained in some manner. Historically, throughout the history of medicine world illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons or the will of the gods, ideas that still retain some power, even in 'modern' societies, with faith healing and shrines still common.
Timeline of medicine and medical technology; 0–9. ... Timeline of nursing history; Timeline of nursing history in Australia and New Zealand; O.
Nineteenth-century illustration of the ancient Great Library at Alexandria. c.1600 BC – The Edwin Smith Papyrus, a unique ancient Egyptian text, contains practical and objective advice to physicians regarding the examination, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, of injuries and ailments. [1]
A History of Medicine is a book by Scottish surgeon Douglas Guthrie that was published in 1945 by Thomas Nelson and Sons. It came to wide attention after it was reviewed by the playwright George Bernard Shaw and marked the beginning for Guthrie of a new career in teaching the history of medicine. [1]