The History Of Medicine: Renaissance Medicine

This series looks at the medical contributions and advances made over the centuries, from prehistoric times to the present day.

Each book evaluates the major medical issues of the time and the key individuals who pushed medical knowledge into new territory.

In this title, readers can discover how printing influenced the spread of medical ideas, how physicians and surgeons were trained, how dissections were carried out, how trade brought new medicines to Europe and how individuals made important new medical discoveries.