Biographical essays on 56 remarkable individuals in the medical
field are included in this book. Many of these figures are not well
known outside of their own country, calling, or specialized field;
some are famous, some infamous, but most were dedicated to a more
egalitarian system of health care delivery. They are significant
because of their ideas, diagnostic or therapeutic methods,
writings, the institutions that they founded, and the impetus they
imparted to their students. By integrating biographies of doctors,
nurses, and practitioners of different time periods and different
cultures, this book addresses the kinds of questions currently of
interest to scholars and students. Profiles of individuals from
different cultures and time periods provide a valuable perspective
on changing patterns of health and disease and differences in
medical philosophy.
Each profile focuses on one person's life and career, and the
relationship of that individual's work to the universal quest for
health and healing. Each profile's author has provided a
bibliography and included, wherever possible, a guide to the
archival materials available, works written by and about the
individual, and recent scholarship concerning related topics to
help readers find further information on subjects that pique their
interest.
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