A Short History of Medicine by González-Crussi, F.

A Short History of Medicine

Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional...
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Author: F. González-Crussi
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A Short History of Medicine by González-Crussi, F.

A Short History of Medicine

$41.00

A Short History of Medicine

$41.00
Author: F. González-Crussi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject.

In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonz lez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, Gonz lez-Crussi also describes how modern medicine's roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and Eastern medical traditions.

Covered here in engaging detail are the birth of anatomy and the practice of dissections; the transformation of surgery from a gruesome art to a sophisticated medical specialty; a short history of infectious diseases; the evolution of the diagnostic process; advances in obstetrics and anesthesia; and modern psychiatric therapies and the challenges facing organized medicine today. Written by a renowned author and educator, this book gives us the very essence of our search to mitigate suffering, save lives, and unlock the mysteries of the human animal.


" Gonz lez-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts."
-The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere

Author: F. González-Crussi
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 11/11/2008
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780812975536

About the Author
F. González-Crussi is professor emeritus of pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the author of Suspended Animation: Six Essays on the Preservation of Bodily Parts, a New York Times Notable Book; The Five Senses, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; and Notes of an Anatomist, winner of the nonfiction first prize of the Society for Midland Authors. He lives in Chicago.

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