Contents

Chapter 1 Prehistoric Medicine
Chapter 2 Egyptian Medicine
Chapter 3 Minoan Crete
Chapter 4 Ancient Greece
Chapter 5 Roman Medicine
Chapter 6 The fall of the Roman Empire in the west
Chapter 7 Islamic Medicine
Chapter 8 Medicine in the Middle Ages
Chapter 9 Medicine in Early Modern Europe
Chapter 10 Medicine on the brink
Chapter 11 The fight against Infectious disease
Chapter 12 The revolution in surgery
Chapter 13 Developments in public health
Chapter 14 Change, concepts and factors