Medicine : an illustrated history / by Albert S. Lyons and R. Joseph Petrucelli II ; with special sections by Juan Bosch [and others] ; and contributions by Alan H. Barnert [and others]

Lyons, Albert S. (1912-2006)

1987, Reprint. New York : Abradale Press : Harry N. Abrams. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #381230
ISBN: 0810980800

Physical description; 616 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 34 cm. Notes: "1987 edition"'--page 6. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Abrams, 1978. Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-607) and index. Contents: Early types of medicine -- Prehistoric medicine -- Primitive medicine -- Medicine in the Pre-Columbian Americas -- Ancient civilizations -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Hebrew medicine -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient India -- Ancient China -- Greece and Rome -- Cretan and Mycenaean medicine -- Greek medical mythology and the healing temples of Asclepios -- Pre-Hippocratic medicine (the philosopher-scientists) -- Medicine in Hippocratic times -- Hippocrates -- Medical sects and the center of Alexandria -- Medicine in Roman times -- Galen -- Medieval medicine -- The rise of Christianity -- The Dark Ages -- Medicine under Islam (Arabic medicine) -- The rise of the universities -- The Middle Ages -- The Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries -- The Renaissance -- Art and science -- The Seventeenth century -- The Seventeenth century -- The Eighteenth century -- The Eighteenth century -- The Nineteenth century -- The Nineteenth century (the beginnings of modern medicine) -- Infection -- Women in medicine -- Twentieth century -- Twentieth century. Subjects: Medicine History. Medicine History ; Pictorial works. History of Medicine. Medicine History. Médecine Histoire.
Médecine Histoire ; Ouvrages illustrés. history of medicine. Medicine.
Histoire médecine.

Price: €65.00