A series of seventy entries provides an unrivaled account of the international evolution of medical knowledge and practice, now in paperback. Sickness and healt

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Traces the history of western medicine through the lives of its major contributors, profiling such well-known figures as Hippocrates and Louis Pasteur, as well

A fascinating and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth centur

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