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Readership: The general reader interested in health and the history of medicine, academics and students studying the history of medicine and the history of the body.
David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History, University of York
"This book is provocative and well written; it leaves you wanting to find out more." - Sameer Rahim, Daily Telegraph
"Bad Medicine is provocative and iconoclastic; essential reading for every GP." - PD Smith, The Guardian
Introduction: Bad Medicine/Better Medicine Part I: The Hippocratic Tradition 1: Hippocrates and Galen 2: Ancient Anatomy 3: The Canon 4: The Senses Conclusion to Part I: The Placebo Effect Part II: Revolution Postponed 5: Vesalius and Dissection 6: Harvey and Vivisection 7: The Invisible World Conclusion to Part II: Trust Not the Physician Part III: Modern Medicine 8: Counting 9: Birth of the Clinic 10: The Laboratory 11: John Snow and Colera 12: Puerperal Fever 13: Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery 14: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin Conclusion to Part III: Progress Delayed Part Four: After Contagion 15: Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer 16: Death Deferred Conclusion Epilogue: in response to the critics Further Reading Index
