Special Features

Comprehensive: 72 substantial and original essays from internationally respected scholars

Unique: no other publication provides so much information in two volumes

Broad-ranging: includes coverage of non-Western as well as Western medicine

Up-to-date: incorporates the very latest in historical research and interpretation

User-friendly: clearly laid out and readable, with a full index of Topics and People

Indispensable: essential information for study and research, including bibliographic notes and cross-referencing between articles