Ebook: Medicine and Healers Through History

Ancient medicine and its practitioners -- Medicine in the medieval and Renaissance eras -- The rise of scientific medicine in the 19th century -- Immunology and the 20th-century fight against infectious disease -- Progress in the understanding of disease in the 20th century -- Developments in the understanding of cancer -- Surgery in the 20th century and beyond -- Nursing and influential nurses in history -- Pioneers of modern medicine.;This book introduces the history of individuals who have made discoveries and advances relating to human anatomy and physiology and explores the practice of medicine from prehistory to the present day.