A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age
eBook - PDF

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age

  1. 249 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age

About this book

A Cultural History of Medicine presents anauthoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumescovers over 2500 years of history, charting the changes in medical experience,knowledge and practices throughout history.

This volume, ACultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age, explores medicine as acultural practice from 1920 to the present day. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Medicineset, this volume presents essays on the environment, food, war, animals, objects,experiences, authority and the mind.

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age is the most authoritative andcomprehensive survey available on medicine in the modern period.

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Information

Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781350418165
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. CONTENTS
  7. ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
  9. Introduction
  10. CHAPTER ONE Environment
  11. CHAPTER TWO Food
  12. CHAPTER THREE Disease
  13. CHAPTER FOUR Animals
  14. CHAPTER FIVE Objects
  15. CHAPTER SIX Experience
  16. CHAPTER SEVEN Mind and Brain
  17. CHAPTER EIGHT Authority
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  19. CONTRIBUTORS
  20. INDEX