• Anglický jazyk

A Short History of Medicine

Autor: F. González-Crussi

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. González-Crussi... Viac o knihe

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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. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine's roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and Eastern medical traditions.

Covered here in engaging detail are the birth of anatomy and the practice of dissections; the transformation of surgery from a gruesome art to a sophisticated medical specialty; a short history of infectious diseases; the evolution of the diagnostic process; advances in obstetrics and anesthesia; and modern psychiatric therapies and the challenges facing organized medicine today. Written by a renowned author and educator, this book gives us the very essence of our search to mitigate suffering, save lives, and unlock the mysteries of the human animal.



"[González-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts.”
-The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere

  • Vydavateľstvo: Random House Publishing Group
  • Rok vydania: 2008
  • Formát: Paperback
  • Rozmer: 203 x 132 mm
  • Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
  • ISBN: 9780812975536

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