The Western medical tradition, 800 BC to AD 1800

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Medicine in the Greek world, 800-50 BC 2. Roman medicine, 250 BC-200 AD 3. Medicine in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages 4. The Arab-Islamic medical tradition 5. Medicine in medieval western Europe, 1000-1500 6. Medicine in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 7. The eighteenth century 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index.