This oversize book traces the history of medicine from prehistoric times to the 20th century and examines the growth of the healing professions.
"It's all here. . . with 266 full-color plates, 1020 illustrations, and a surprisingly agreeable text—a short book in and of itself—to which more than a dozen specialists have contributed. Medicine, although it requires a coffee table in order to be read, is wonderful in several senses. The pictures, of course, engage and delight. . . .[Their] abundance makes another wonder possible. Medicine, from its dim beginnings in herbalism and corcery to the modern lucidity of its electron microscopes, is allowed to swim in the sea of culture around it. Finally, Medicine is wonderful simply for its clutter of information and anecdotes." —John Leonard, The New York Times
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