Encyclopedia of Medical History

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McGraw-Hill, 1985 - Medical - 400 pages
103 entries to important medical topics. Intended for the general reader, students of history, and students of medicine. Entries are essays that include references and cross references. General index.

Contents

Anatomy
11
Arthritis
24
Bubonic Plague
37
Cellular Theory
52
Clinical Medicine
66
Coronary Heart Disease
80
Hematology
131
Hypnosis
144
Psychiatry
279
Public Health
284
Puerperal Fever
291
Quackery
294
Quinine
298
Rabies
299
Radiology
303
Rheumatism
306

Kings Touch
159
Measles
172
Medicine in Mesopotamia
186
Microscopy
200
New World Medicine
217
Ophthalmology
229
Orthopedics
233
Pathology
236
Pediatrics
241
Pellagra
245
Penicillin
246
Pharmacy
250
Phrenology
258
Physiology
261
Pneumonia
269
Poliomyelitis
272
Rickets
308
Scarlet Fever
309
Scurvy
311
Smallpox
313
Sphygmomanometer
317
Stethoscope
318
Surgery
320
Syphilis
329
Tetanus
335
Typhoid
347
Vitamins
355
Index
365
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366
Obstetrics
388
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