The illustrated timeline of medicine / Gill Davies.

New York, NY : Rosen, 2012.

236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Disease and pestilence -- Pharmacy: an ancient art -- Ancient healers -- Alternative and complementary medicine -- Middle ages -- The renaissance -- Britain 1600s -- Hospitals -- Some men of note -- Nineteenth-Century Pioneers -- Exploring the mind -- Genetics -- Modern surgical techniques -- Modern diagnostic techniques -- International red cross -- Women: their role as doctors -- Drugs in sport -- High-altitude medicine aviation medicine -- Paramedical service -- Lifestyle disease -- Insurance -- Nobel prize winners -- Countries: brief selection of events.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-217) and index.