The Western Medical Tradition: 1800-2000A detailed and authoritative account of the last two centuries of the development of 'Western' medicine, a tradition now important everywhere in the world. It is a new account, written by leading experts who not only describe the most important people, events, and transformations, but give explanations for why medicine developed as it did, becoming as important as it has in the modern world. It contains one of the first historical summaries of the development of medicine after the Second World War. It is an authoritative source of new information as well as a synthesis of the current state of knowledge on this fascinating subject. The Western Medical Tradition, 1800 2000 is a companion volume to The Western Medical Tradition, 800 BC to AD 1800. |
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Contents
Chronological table for chapter 2 | 103 |
The rise of science in medicine 18501913 | 111 |
Chronological table for chapter 3 | 241 |
medicine 19141945 | 247 |
Chronological table for chapter 4 | 391 |
Afterword | 535 |
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