Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 From Prehistoric Times to Antiquity 7
Chapter 2 The Middle Ages 21
Chapter 3 From Barbers to Surgeons 33
Chapter 4 The Great Epidemics 39
Chapter 5 The Circulation of Blood 57
Chapter 6 The Instruments of Medicine 73
Chapter 7 The Modern Age Dawns 83
Chapter 8 Anaesthesia at Last! 89
Chapter 9 The Fight Against Infection 95
Chapter 10 Experimental Medicine 111
Chapter 11 Children's Medicine 117
Chapter 12 In Search of Mental Illness 127
Chapter 13 Ophthalmology 143
Chapter 14 The Foundations of Life: Cellular Biology and Genetics 149
Chapter 15 Procreation, Contraception… Recreation 157
Chapter 16 As Good As New 163
Chapter 17 From Herbs to Pills 187
Chapter 18 Forensic Medicine 205
Chapter 19 Social Security and Humanitarian Care 213
Chapter 20 A Few Modern Plagues 221
Chapter 21 Advances in Research 231
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Acknowledgements
