Medicine Before Science: The Business of Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521809771)

This book is an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While considered elite (in reputation and rewards) and successful, we know little of their clinical effectiveness. To modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But historical evidence reveals that they were judged on other criteria, and this book asserts that these physicians helped to construct and meet the expectations of society.

Author: Roger French, R. K. French
ISBN-10: 0521809770
ISBN-13: 9780521809771
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2003
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d