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,HISTORY OF MEDICINE
A Scandalously Short Introduction
Third Edition
Jacalyn Duffin’s History of Medicine is one of the leading texts used to
teach the history of the medical profession. Emphasizing broad concepts
rather than names and dates, it has also been widely appreciated by general
readers for more than twenty years. Based on sound scholarship and
meticulous research, History of Medicine incorporates pithy examples from
a range of periods and places and is infused with the author’s characteristic
wit.
The third edition has been completely revised to highlight new
scholarship on the past and incorporate significant medical events of the
most recent decade – including new technologies, drug shortages, medical
assistance in dying, and recent outbreaks of infectious diseases such as
Ebola, H1N1, Zika, and COVID-19. The book is organized around themes
of scientific and clinical interest, such as anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, surgery, obstetrics, medical education, health-care delivery,
and public health. It includes a chapter on how to approach research in
medical history, updated with new resources. History of Medicine is
sensitive to the power of historical research to inform current health-care
practice and enhance cultural understanding.
JACALYN DUFFIN is a physician, historian, and Professor Emerita and Hannah
Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen’s University.
, HISTORY OF MEDICINE
A SCANDALOUSLY SHORT INTRODUCTION
Third Edition
J A C A LY N D U F F I N
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
,HISTORY OF MEDICINE
A Scandalously Short Introduction
Third Edition
Jacalyn Duffin’s History of Medicine is one of the leading texts used to
teach the history of the medical profession. Emphasizing broad concepts
rather than names and dates, it has also been widely appreciated by general
readers for more than twenty years. Based on sound scholarship and
meticulous research, History of Medicine incorporates pithy examples from
a range of periods and places and is infused with the author’s characteristic
wit.
The third edition has been completely revised to highlight new
scholarship on the past and incorporate significant medical events of the
most recent decade – including new technologies, drug shortages, medical
assistance in dying, and recent outbreaks of infectious diseases such as
Ebola, H1N1, Zika, and COVID-19. The book is organized around themes
of scientific and clinical interest, such as anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, surgery, obstetrics, medical education, health-care delivery,
and public health. It includes a chapter on how to approach research in
medical history, updated with new resources. History of Medicine is
sensitive to the power of historical research to inform current health-care
practice and enhance cultural understanding.
JACALYN DUFFIN is a physician, historian, and Professor Emerita and Hannah
Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen’s University.
, HISTORY OF MEDICINE
A SCANDALOUSLY SHORT INTRODUCTION
Third Edition
J A C A LY N D U F F I N
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
