亨利·欧内斯特·西格里斯特（Henry E. Sigerist），当代最重要的医学史家之一，在医学史研究中引入社会学视角的先驱。先后执教于苏黎世大学、莱比锡大学、约翰·霍普金斯大学等。主要著作有：Man and Meaicine, Civilization and Disease, The Great Doctors等。

An erudite history of medicine...a welcome addition to any medical collection. -- Booklist How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant coll...(展开全部)

Designed for survey courses in the field A History of Medicine presents a wide-ranging overview for those seeking a solid grounding in the medical history of Western and non-Western cultures. Invaluable to instructors promoting the history of medicine in pre-professional training, and stressing major themes in the history of medicine, this third edition continues to stimulate f...(展开全部)

An indepth treatise on the history of human communication with archival interviews and research of those who have studied it as an intrical part of the social sciences. Paper. DLC: Communication History - 19th Century.

How has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? A Cultural History of Medicine, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. Indi...(展开全部)

Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of mo...(展开全部)

弗兰克·冈萨雷斯-克鲁希（Frank Gonzalez-Crussi） 墨西哥裔医学专家、科普作家，美国西北大学病理学荣誉退休教授。1936年他出生在墨西哥城的一家小药铺中。从加拿大女王大学医学院毕业后，他移居美国，历任印第安纳大学、西北大学病理学教授。他曾以英语、西班牙语创作大量有关解剖、外科手术、产科相关的科普著作，《走进一颗心：探索身体内部的奥秘》曾于2014年获德国默克文学奖。部分作品也被BBC等机构改编为纪录片、戏剧等。

Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror is a funny and frightening look at the attitudes towards masturbation throughout history and how they have affected the sex lives of anyone living and breathing today. The French biologist, Tissot, was the original spoil-sport who turned masturbation into the scourge of young men everywhere. Saying that a little self-induced pleasure ...(展开全部)

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key turning points in the history of Western medicine, such as the advent of hospitals and the rise of experimental medicine, Bill Bynum offers insights into medicine's past, while at the...(展开全部)

Stressing major themes in the history of medicine, this Second Edition stimulates further exploration of the events, methodologies, and theories that shaped medical practices in decades past and in modern clinical practice-highlighting the practices of civilizations around the world, as well as the research of pioneering scientists and physicians who contributed to our current ...(展开全部)