The Western Medical Tradition 2 Volume Paperback Set

Comprises two volumes covering 'western' medicine from 800 BC-2000 AD. This work examines the system of medical ideas that went back to the Greeks of the eighth... » 

Comprises two volumes covering 'western' medicine from 800 BC-2000 AD. This work examines the system of medical ideas that went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC. It describes the important people, events, and transformations in 'Western' medicine, with explanations for why medicine developed as it did. «