A Short History of Medicine by F. González-Crussi  - ISBN: 9780812975536
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Five centuries of medicine: science, philosophy, controversy, and the enduring human quest.

A Short History of Medicine

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    11 November 2008

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Summary

For readers of Oliver Sacks, Sherwin Nuland, and Atul Gawande, the history of medicine compressed into one lively, accessible volume, now in paperback.

Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonzalez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the sci…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780812975536
ISBN-10:0812975537
Author:F. González-Crussi 
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:11 November 2008
Weight:217g
Dimensions:15mm x 132mm x 202mm
Series:Modern Library Chronicles
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A Short History of Medicine by F. González-Crussi  - ISBN: 9780812975536
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Critics Review

”[Gonzlez-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts.” The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere

“[González-Crussi fuses] science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts.”
–The Washington Post, on There Is a World Elsewhere

About The Author

F. González-Crussi 

F. Gonzalez-Crussi is professor emeritus of pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the author of Suspended Animation- Six Essays on the Preservation of Bodily Parts, a New York Times Notable Book; The Five Senses, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; and Notes of an Anatomist, winner of the nonfiction first prize of the Society for Midland Authors. He lives in Chicago.

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