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100 1 $aDuffin, Jacalyn.
245 10 $aHistory of medicine :$ba scandalously short introduction /$cJacalyn Duffin.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aToronto :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$cc2010.
300 $axx, 495 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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 treatment, pharmacology and pharmaceuticals -- On becoming and being a doctor : education, licensing, payment and bioethics -- Plagues and peoples : epidemic diseases in history -- Why is blood special? Changing concepts of a vital humour -- Technology and disease : stethoscope, hospitals and other gadgets -- Work of the hand : history of surgery -- Women's medicine and medicine's women : history of obstetrics and gynecology and women.
505 8 $aWrestling with demons : history of psychiatry -- No baby, no nation : history of pediatrics -- A many-faceted gem : the decline and rebirth of family medicine -- When the patient is plural : public and international health -- Sleuthing and science : how to research a question in medical history.
650 12 $aHistory of Medicine.
988 $a20100818
906 $0OCLC