|aHistory of medicine :|ba scandalously short introduction / |cJacalyn Duffin.
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|aToronto :|bUniversity of Toronto Press,|cc1999.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aIntroduction : heroes and villains in the history of medicine -- The fabricated body : history of anatomy -- Interrogating life : history of physiology -- Science of suffering : history of pathology -- First do no harm : history of pharmacology -- On being a doctor : history of health-care delivery -- Plagues and peoples : epidemic diseases in history -- Why is blood special? Changing concepts of a vital humour -- Technology and disease : the stethoscope and physical diagnosis -- Work of the hand : history of surgery -- Women's medicine and medicine's women : history of obstetrics and gynecology -- Wrestling with demons : history of psychiatry -- No baby, no nation : history of pediatrics -- A many-faceted gem : decline and rebirth of family medicine -- Sleuthing and science : how to research a question in medical history.