xvii, 158 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780816072071, 0816072078
OCLC
ocn297529907
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Medicine: ready for a new start -- Amazing advances in anatomy -- Amazing advances in surgery -- William Harvey transforms understanding of the circulatory system -- Microscope and other discoveries -- Syphilis and what it reveals of the day -- Impact of the New World on medicine -- Scientific progress on an imperfect path -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further resources -- Index