List of Illustrations.- List of Tables.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Heroes and Villains in the History of Medicine.- The Fabricated Body: History of Anatomy.- Interrogating Life: History of Physiology.- Science of Suffering: History of Pathology.- First Do No Harm: History of Pharmacology.- On Being a Doctor: History of Health-Care Delivery.- Plagues and Peoples: Epidemic Diseases in History.- Why is Blood Special? Changing Concepts of a Vital Humour.- Technology and Disease: The Stethoscope and Physical Diagnosis.- Work of the Hand: History of Surgery.- Women's Medicine and Medicine's Women: History of Obstetrics and Gynecology.- Wrestling with Demons: History of Psychiatry.- No Baby, No Nation: History of Pediatrics.- A Many-Faceted Gem: Decline and Rebirth of Family Medicine.- Sleuthing and Science: How to Research a Question in Medical History.- Appendix A: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1998.- Appendix B: Resources and Research Tools for the History of Medicine.- Appendix C: Educational Objectives of this Book.- Index.

'History of Medicine is a tour de force, a very personal, enthusiastic, frank approach by a teacher, clinician, and historian who has excelled at all three, and brings that excellence and excitement to the students through these pages.' - T.J. Murray, Dalhousie University, Canada 'Duffin's book, as a single-authored work, is far more coherent than Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine. As compared to Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Duffin's book is a much more attractive work in view of the illustrations spread through the book and the text boxes - and I am sure that medical and other students will find it more accessible.' - David Smith, University of Aberdeen