Book of Donmon Teith

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this i Very Short Introduction/i surveys the history of medicine from classical tim

The third edition of this bestselling introduction to medical history has been thoroughly updated to include recent scholarship and new events in major fields o

The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stom

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or department

Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather t