• ISBN13: 9780199215430
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: June 19, 2008
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: INR 350.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 140 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): History

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine, such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimental medicine, Bill Bynum offers insights into medicine's past, while at the same time engaging with contemporary issues, discoveries, and controversies. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

W. F. Bynum is Professor Emeritus of the history of medicine at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London. He is the author of Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century and the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1994). He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and of Edinburgh.