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Author(s): Roy Porter
ISBN(s): 9780521682893, 0521682894
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 189.74 MB
Year: 2006
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0521682894 
ISBN 13: 9780521682893
Author: Roy Porter

The Cambridge History of Medicine, first published in 2006, surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events, while at the same time engaging with the issues, discoveries, and controversies that have beset and characterized medical progress. The authors weave a narrative that connects disease, doctors, primary care, surgery, the rise of hospitals, drug treatment and pharmacology, mental illness and psychiatry. This volume emphasizes the crucial developments of the past 150 years, but also examines classical, medieval, and Islamic and East Asian medicine. Authoritative and accessible, The Cambridge History of Medicine is for readers wanting a lively and informative introduction to medical history.

The Cambridge History of Medicine 1st Table of contents:

1. Ancient Medicine
* Medicine in Prehistory
* Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
* Ancient Greece: Hippocratic Medicine and its Legacy
* Roman Medicine: Galen and Public Health

2. Medieval Medicine
* Medicine in the Early Middle Ages
* Islamic Medicine: Translations and Innovations
* Medieval Western Medicine: Monasteries, Universities, and Hospitals
* The Black Death and its Impact

3. Renaissance and Early Modern Medicine
* The Renaissance of Anatomy (Vesalius)
* The Paracelsian Challenge
* The Circulation of the Blood (Harvey)
* Quackery, Folk Medicine, and the Rise of Professionalism

4. The Age of Enlightenment and Revolution
* Medicine and the Scientific Revolution
* Hospital Reform and Clinical Teaching
* Public Health Initiatives (Enlightenment Medicine)
* The Impact of the French Revolution on Medical Education and Practice

5. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Age of Science
* The Hospital as a Site of Medical Knowledge
* Pathology and Cellular Theory (Virchow)
* Anaesthesia and Antisepsis (Lister)
* Germ Theory (Pasteur, Koch)
* Professionalization of Medicine and Medical Education
* Public Health Movements and Urban Sanitation

6. Twentieth-Century Medicine: Triumphs and Transformations
* The Rise of Specialisms
* Scientific Medicine and Laboratory Research
* Discoveries: X-rays, Insulin, Penicillin, Vaccines
* Psychiatry and Psychology
* Surgery and New Technologies
* The Welfare State and National Health Services (e.g., NHS)
* Global Health Challenges (e.g., AIDS)
* The Human Genome Project and Genetic Medicine

7. Medicine and Society: Patients, Practitioners, and Institutions
* The Changing Role of the Doctor
* The Patient’s Experience and Voice
* Nursing and Allied Health Professions
* Hospitals and Other Medical Institutions
* The Medical Marketplace and Health Economics

8. Challenges and Controversies in Modern Medicine
* Medical Ethics and Bioethics
* Complementary and Alternative Medicine
* The Politics of Health and Healthcare Systems
* Future Directions: Personalized Medicine, Global Health Disparities

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