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1 online resource (xxi, 212 pages) : illustrations (color, black and white |
| Contents |
Front Cover; contents; Foreword; Preface; acknowledgements; Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: ASCLEPIUS; Chapter 2: STANDING FIGURES OF SHEN NUNG AND HUANG TI; Chapter 3: IMHOTEP; Chapter 4: Susruta; Chapter 5: HIPPOCRATES; Chapter 6: PAPYRUS TEXT: FRAGMENT OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH; Chapter 7: FACADE OF THE TEMPLE OF ASCLEPIUS AT EPIDAURUS; Chapter 8: ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S CONFIDENCE IN HIS PHYSICIAN PHILIP OF ACARNANIA |
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Chapter 9: ERASISTRATUS, A PHYSICIAN, REALISING THAT ANTIOCHUS'S ILLNESS IS LOVESICKNESS FOR HIS STEPMOTHER STRATONICE, BY OBSERVING THAT ANTIOCHUS'S PULSE ROSE WHENEVER HE SAW HERChapter 10: CELSUS; Chapter 11: GALEN; Chapter 12: RHAZES; Chapter 13: AVICENNA EXPOUNDING PHARMACY TO HIS PUPILS; Chapter 14: TEACHING HOSPITAL SCHOOL, SALERNO, ITALY; Chapter 15: A PHYSICIAN READING A RECIPE INSTRUCTS HIS ASSISTANT; Chapter 16: MAIMONIDES; Chapter 17: MUNDINUS, THE ITALIAN ANATOMIST, MAKING HIS FIRST DISSECTION; Chapter 18: TROTULA; Chapter 19: THOMAS LINACRE |
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Chapter 20: A PHYSICIAN LECTURING TO STUDENTS ABOUT URINOSCOPY POINTS TO A FLASK HELD BY AN ASSISTANTChapter 21: A DISSECTION IN PROGRESS: THE ANATOMY PROFESSOR AT HIS LECTERN; Chapter 22: SURGEON WITH TWO STUDENTS (OR RELATIVES OF THE PATIENT) BY THE BEDSIDE OF A PATIENT WITH A CHEST WOUND; Chapter 23: PHARMACY: MASTER POINTING AT FLASKS AND APPRENTICE SEATED BEHIND A DESK; Chapter 24: AMBROISE PARÉ, AS AN APPRENTICE BARBER-SURGEON IN A BUSY SHOP IN PARIS; Chapter 25: VESALIUS; Chapter 26: JOHN BANESTER GIVING THE VISCERAL LECTURE AT BARBER-SURGEONS' HALL |
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Chapter 27: DE RE ANATOMICA LIBRI XV, REALDO COLOMBOChapter 28: A PHYSICIAN SUPERVISING AN APPRENTICE; Chapter 29: FRANCIS BACON; Chapter 30: WILLIAM HARVEY DEMONSTRATING HIS THEORY OF CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD; Chapter 31: THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP; Chapter 32: ANATOMICAL THEATRE AT PADUA, DIORAMA; Chapter 33: THOMAS BROWNE; Chapter 34: Dissection at the anatomy theatre at Leiden; Chapter 35: NICOLAS CULPEPER; Chapter 36: BOERHAAVE GIVING A LECTURE; Chapter 37: WILLIAM CHESELDEN GIVING AN ANATOMICAL DEMONSTRATION |
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Chapter 38: THE CHARACTERS (IN SILHOUETTE) FROM MOLIÈRE'S PLAY LA MALADE IMAGINAIREChapter 39: A GROUP OF DOCTORS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS SURROUND A DYING PATIENT; Chapter 40: AN ANATOMICAL DISSECTION WITH SIX ONLOOKERS AND THE DISSECTOR WHO IS RETRACTING THE SKIN TO REVEAL THE INTESTINES; Chapter 41: WILLIAM HUNTER; Chapter 42: TRADE-CARD OF NATHANIEL LONGBOTTOM, SUPPLIER OF SKELETONS; Chapter 43: LAMARCK; Chapter 44: ASTLEY PASTON COOPER; Chapter 45: A PHYSICIAN SHOUTING AT HIS ASSISTANT; Chapter 46: WAX ANATOMICAL FIGURE OF A RECLINING WOMAN |
| Summary |
This fascinating guide to medical education introduces the reader to the historical development of this important subject through 100 powerful images from the prestigious Wellcome Library Collection that highlight key figures in the field and innovations that have taken place, not just in the recent past but over the centuries. The readable text that accompanies each image both describes that image and shows how the ideas arising from it have helped to shape modern medical education, with relevance to current clinical practice. This will be an invaluable and visual introduction for students, academics, managers and practitioners looking to gain a better understanding of the evolution of educational practice in medicine, and how it might progress in the future |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Medical education -- History
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Education, Medical -- history
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Medicine in the Arts
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Medical education
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Medizin
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Unterricht
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Medizinstudium
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Arzt
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Bildliche Darstellung
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illustrated books.
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Illustrated works
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History
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Illustrated works.
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Ouvrages illustrés.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498751971 |
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1498751970 |
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