Written by leading experts in the field, The Western Medical Tradition, 18002000 not only describes the most important people, events, and transformations in the past two centuries of Western medicine, but gives explanations for why medicine developed as it did, becoming as important as it has in the modern world. A companion volume to The Western Medical Tradition, 800 BC to AD 1800, this volume is an authoritative source of new information as well as a synthesis of the current state of knowledge on this fascinating subject.
Written by leading experts in the field, The Western Medical Tradition, 18002000 not only describes the most important people, events, and transformations in the past two centuries of Western medicine, but gives explanations for why medicine developed as it did, becoming as important as it has in the modern world. A companion volume to The Western Medical Tradition, 800 BC to AD 1800, this volume is an authoritative source of new information as well as a synthesis of the current state of knowledge on this fascinating subject.
W. F. Bynum is Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at the University College London. He is the author of Medicine and the Five Senses (Cambridge University Press, 1993), William Hunter and the 18th Century Medical World (Cambridge University Press, 1985), and Science and the Practice of Medicine (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Medicine in transformation, 1800 50 Stephen Jacyna; 2. The rise of science in medicine, 1850 1913 W. F. Bynum; 3. Continuity in crisis: medicine, 1914 45 Christopher Lawrence; 4. Medical enterprise and global response, 1945 2000 Anne Hardy and E. M. Tansey.
1. Medicine in transformation, 1800-50 Stephen Jacyna; 2. The rise of science in medicine, 1850-1913 W. F. Bynum; 3. Continuity in crisis: medicine, 1914-45 Christopher Lawrence; 4. Medical enterprise and global response, 1945-2000 Anne Hardy and E. M. Tansey.
1. Medicine in transformation, 1800 50 Stephen Jacyna; 2. The rise of science in medicine, 1850 1913 W. F. Bynum; 3. Continuity in crisis: medicine, 1914 45 Christopher Lawrence; 4. Medical enterprise and global response, 1945 2000 Anne Hardy and E. M. Tansey.
1. Medicine in transformation, 1800-50 Stephen Jacyna; 2. The rise of science in medicine, 1850-1913 W. F. Bynum; 3. Continuity in crisis: medicine, 1914-45 Christopher Lawrence; 4. Medical enterprise and global response, 1945-2000 Anne Hardy and E. M. Tansey.
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'[A] massive, richly detailed and impressive overview of the past two centuries ...'. The Lancet
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