Main description:

History of Medicine: All That Matters identifies sixteen different ages of medicine, each with its own challenges, solutions, developments and remarkable stories. As well as making for a pacy and readable narrative, this innovative approach enables the reader to understand the context of medical developments without losing sight of their sheer excitement, importance and (at times) serendipity.

Dr Tim Hall is both an award-winning writer and a practical medic, and he brings to the history of medicine both the writer's ability to find and tell a story, and the medic's ability to understand and explain the science. The result is the best short history of medicine written for many years.

This accessible and informative book will appeal both to students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to the history of medicine - and what matters most about it.

Contents:

1.: The Beginning of Ages
1.: The Beginning of Ages
2.: The Age of Ice and Caves
2.: The Age of Ice and Caves
3.: The Age of Antiquity
3.: The Age of Antiquity
4.: The Age of Healing
4.: The Age of Healing
5.: The Age of Darkness and Poisons
5.: The Age of Darkness and Poisons
6.: The Age of Scholarly Medicine
6.: The Age of Scholarly Medicine
7.: The Age of Plagues and Fires
7.: The Age of Plagues and Fires
8.: The Age of the Physician
8.: The Age of the Physician
9.: The Age of Antiseptics and Anaesthetics
9.: The Age of Antiseptics and Anaesthetics
10.: The Age of Medical Women
10.: The Age of Medical Women
11.: The Age of Bedlam and Psychiatry
11.: The Age of Bedlam and Psychiatry
12.: The Age of 'Early' Modern Medicine
12.: The Age of 'Early' Modern Medicine
13.: The Age of Penicillin and Insulin
13.: The Age of Penicillin and Insulin
14.: The Age of Therapeutics and Pharmaceuticals
14.: The Age of Therapeutics and Pharmaceuticals
15.: The Age of Technology
15.: The Age of Technology
16.: The Age of Experiments and Ethics
16.: The Age of Experiments and Ethics
17.: The Age of 'Modern' Modern Medicine
17.: The Age of 'Modern' Modern Medicine
18.: The Age of Heart Disease and Cancer
18.: The Age of Heart Disease and Cancer
19.: The Age of Immunology and Genetics
19.: The Age of Immunology and Genetics
20.: The Age of Obesity, Ageing and Rationing
20.: The Age of Obesity, Ageing and Rationing
21.: The End of Ages
21.: The End of Ages