Learn about 9000 years of medicine - prehistory, classical times, the medieval, Renaissance, and the present day. Read about miraculous breakthroughs, trepanning, bloodletting, infectious diseases, body snatching, and gene therapy. Find out who invented surgical procedures, anesthesia, X-Rays, vaccinations, homeopathy, and chiropractic. Study physicians and scientists like Hippocrates, Galen, Pasteur, Koch, Roentgen, Watson, Crick, Salk, and Sabin. "A Brief Outline of the History of Medicine" is concise and accessible. It has informative essays on smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, and Osler's famous "Aequaminitas" Interesting bibliographies complete this essential book for medical students, historians, physicians, and anyone seeking to understand the history of medicine.