Medicine: An Illustrated History

By R. Joseph Petrucelli II and Albert S. Lyons

Book Overview

An extraordinary pictorial history of medicine, this comprehensive reference traces the growth and organization of the medical profession through its social, political, and historical backgrounds.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810980800
• ISBN13: 9780810980808
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 9.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 10.7" x 13.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful look at the history of medicine

This book offers a view of medicine from every era. From the ancients to modern day, the pictures are illuminating. Although a picture is worth a 1000 words, the narration through the book is also very educational. One of the best books of its kind!