A History of Medicine

by Lois N. Magner

Book Overview

A non-technical, jargon-free presentation of the history of medicine from palaeopathology to recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It gives a wide-ranging overview of Western medicine and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824786734
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great reference or fun read

I took Professor Magner's course at Purdue University and truly enjoyed her style. She speaks to the student as an equal participant, and it shows in her text as well. I have now finished medical school, but still refer to this undergraduate text as both a resource and enjoyable reading material.

A History of Medicine

This is the best general textbook that I have found. (Ackerknecht's is old and assusmes too much historical and cultural background; Bettmann's is even older, and more fun than accurate; Rhodes' is too British for most students.) Most history of medicine is written for readers learned in history or medicine, and Magner is unusual in addressing the actual student and the curious general reader. Magner has obviously taught a real class, to real students. Unfortunately, the publisher is apparently accustomed to sticking it to medical students, who may bear crippling loans, but can expect to make decent money some day. For liberal-arts students, the price is cruel. Why not an affordable paperback, which would be very widely adopted?