Medicine and healers through history / edited by Kara Rogers.

New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen, 2011.

xvii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]) and index.

Ancient medicine and its practitioners -- Medicine in the Medieval and Renaissance eras -- The rise of scientific medicine in the 19th century -- Immunology and the 20th century fight against infectious disease -- Progress in the understanding of disease in the 20th century -- Developments in the understanding of cancer -- Surgery in the 20th century and beyond -- Nursing and influential nurses in history -- Pioneers of modern medicine.