A detailed account of the last two centuries of the development of 'Western' medicine, written by experts who not only describe the important people, events, an... » 

A detailed account of the last two centuries of the development of 'Western' medicine, written by experts who not only describe the important people, events, and transformations, but also give explanations for why medicine developed as it did. This work is a companion volume to The Western Medical Tradition, 800 BC to AD 1800. «