Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from c

An authoritative and accessible illustrated introduction to medical history.

This text provides an account of the development of medical science in its various branches, and includes discussions of the medical profession and its institut

W. F. Bynum argues that 'modern' medicine is built upon foundations established between 1800 and the beginning of World War I.