HISTORY OF MEDICINE (BEGINNERS GUIDES)

Acclaimed historian Mark Jackson takes a fresh, global view of mankind's great battle to stave off death and disease, exploring both Western and Eastern traditions. Examining ancient right through to modern approaches to health and illness, Jackson presents the orthodox and alternative practices and key turning points - sometimes for good and sometimes not - that determined how different cultures tackled disease. The result is a fascinating survey of the complex ways in which medicine and society have shaped one another throughout the ages.