{"product_id":"history-of-medicine","title":"History Of Medicine","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn March 1944 Sir Winston Churchill remarked that \"The more you can look back, the further you can go forward.\"\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe past bears the genesis of the present and future. History forms the basis of all knowledge and is the convenient avenue of approach to any subject or to any discipline of science. As such it is natural to regard the evolution and progress of medicine from bygone times as an essential background to modern medical education.\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe author has attempted to prepare a short synopsis to introduce the readers with the masters from the past and their theories, the contributions which helped evolve the medicine to its present state. Sketches of masters with the detailed contributions done by them, their findings which laid to the foundation of today’s system of medicine have been discussed. It’s an interesting journey to our roots so we can look up to a strong future by learning from our past.\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe question of \"the collective and individual\" psychology and health has taken a foot-hold in the medical profession. The Hippocratic tradition though it remained a living force for long years in the western world and tried to eliminate superstitious and degenerating habits of life, yet could not give the right solution to the clinician.\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGradually it was felt that the aim of medical education should be to produce a cultured and highly educated - gentlemen or women with an adequate knowledge of medicine and unprejudiced observation for which one must have a minimum knowledge of historical background.\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe author has attempted to write a short synopsis of the history of medicine.\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat a reader can expect in the book is the information about-\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- The Egyptian medicine\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- Chinese medicine\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- 16th century medicine of the era of Paracelsus and Harvey\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- 19th century and Renaissance period\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- Catgut\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- Anesthetic properties of that time\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- Aphorisms and oath of Hippocrates\u003co\u003e\u003c\/o\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt is best to make the foundation of History strong so that the future is tread onto a successful and careful path.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D.D. Banerjee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41948117270614,"sku":"9788131903506","price":140.25,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/0760\/0470\/files\/9788131903506.jpg?v=1733813788","url":"https:\/\/www.bjainbooks.com\/products\/history-of-medicine","provider":"BJAIN BOOKS LLP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}