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The Western Medical Tradition 2 Volume Paperback Set

Author: Anne Hardy, Stephen Jacyna, Christopher Lawrence, E.M. Tansey, Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, W.F. Bynum and Andrew Wear  

This set comprises two paperback volumes: The Western Medical Tradition, 800BC-1800AD and The Western Medical Tradition, 1800-2000.

This set comprises two paperback volumes. The first volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 800BC–1800AD, examines the system of medical ideas that went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC. The second volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 1800–2000, is a detailed account, which describes the most important people, events, and transformations in 'Western' medicine.

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This set comprises two paperback volumes: The Western Medical Tradition, 800BC-1800AD and The Western Medical Tradition, 1800-2000.

This set comprises two paperback volumes. The first volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 800BC–1800AD, examines the system of medical ideas that went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC. The second volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 1800–2000, is a detailed account, which describes the most important people, events, and transformations in 'Western' medicine.

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Description

This set comprises two paperback volumes. The first volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 800BC–1800AD, examines the system of medical ideas that went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC, and played a major role in the understanding and treatment of health and disease. Its influence spread from the Aegean basin to the rest of the Mediterranean region, to Europe, and then to European settlements overseas. The second volume, The Western Medical Tradition, 1800–2000, is a detailed and authoritative account, which describes the most important people, events, and transformations in 'Western' medicine, with explanations for why medicine developed as it did. It contains one of the first historical summaries of the development of medicine after WWII. It is an authoritative source of new information as well as a synthesis of the current state of knowledge.

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About the Author

W. F. BYNUM is Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at University College London and was head of the Academic Unit of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine (1973-1996). His publications include the Dictionary of the History of Science, Science and the Practice of Medicine in the 19th Century, and the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
16th February 2009
Edition
1st
Pages
970
ISBN
9780521678070

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