A Short History of Medicine
$35.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2008
Summary
For readers of Oliver Sacks, Sherwin Nuland, and Atul Gawande, the history of medicine compressed into one lively, accessible volume, now in paperback.
Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonzalez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the sci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812975536 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812975537 |
| Author: | F. González-Crussi |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 217g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 132mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Chronicles |
Critics Review
”[Gonzlez-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts.” The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere
“[González-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts.”
–The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere
F. González-Crussi
F. Gonzalez-Crussi is professor emeritus of pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the author of Suspended Animation- Six Essays on the Preservation of Bodily Parts, a New York Times Notable Book; The Five Senses, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; and Notes of an Anatomist, winner of the nonfiction first prize of the Society for Midland Authors. He lives in Chicago.
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