A brief history of disease, science and medicine : from the Ice Age to the Genome Project / by Michael Kennedy.

Cranston, R.I. : Writers' Collective, [2004], ©2004.

vii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

In the beginning -- The beginning of history -- Classical Greece and Rome -- India and China -- The rise of Islam and Arabic medicine -- The Middle Ages -- The beginning of modern science -- The Enlightenment and medicine -- The century of the surgeon -- The Germans -- Medicine, bacteriology and infectious diseases -- The rise of medicine -- The new science -- The development of modern surgery -- Blood -- The structure of DNA -- Fleming, Florey and penicillin -- Twentieth century medicine -- Cardiac surgery -- Critical care medicine and anesthesia -- Transplantation -- Psychiatry -- The economics of medicine -- Postscript.

Includes bibliographical references and index.