The history of medicine is not only the history of the formation of the medical profession, it is also the history of man's thoughts and actions, his struggle to survive and preserve the species. From empiricism and magic, by trial and error, the first 'doctors' learned about anatomy, physiology, learned how to prepare medicines and treat the sick. In the following pages of the book, we follow the path. which a 'medic' had to go through to become a modern doctor. It is therefore not only a fundamental compendium of the history of medicine. not only a textbook for students and doctors. but also a source of knowledge about life, the history of science and the human will.
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