From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine

by John Duffy

Book Overview

John Duffy's classic history, formerly titled The Healers, has
been thoroughly revised and updated for this second edition, which includes
new chapters on women and minorities in medicine and on the challenges
currently facing the health care field.
"This remains the only comprehensive history of American medicine.
The treatment of the emergence of modern medicine and the flowering of
surgery is especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252063007
• ISBN13: 9780252063008
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"