<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <title>MEDICINE: Perspectives in History and Art | ISBN-10 0972448608 | ISBN-13 978-0972448604</title> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.medicalhistoryandart.com" /> <meta name="generator" content="BBEdit 8.2"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" media="all"/> <link rel="up" href="#top" title="Go To Page Top"/> <link rel="home" href="index_php.html" title="Go To Home Page"/></head><body><div id="container"><div id="header"> <h1 id="site_name">MEDICINE: Perspectives in History and Art</h1> <a href="/"><img id="site_banner" src="legacy/images/banner112604_3.jpg" alt="Site banner" title="MEDICINE: Perspectives in History and Art"/></a> <!-- Placing the navigation lists inside a div allows us to reuse the same list and style it according to context. --> <div id="nav_primary"><a href="index_php.html" title="Home">Home</a><em>|</em><a href="contents.html" title="View the table of contents">Contents</a><em>|</em><a href="https://www.medicalhistoryandart.com/order" title="Order your copy today">Order</a><em>|</em><a href="lectures.html" title="Lectures and appearances by Robert E. 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The great discoveries and controversies, as well as the blunders, deceptions, and tragedies are best appreciated in the words and illustrations of those who were there at the time.</p></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td> <div id="reviewquotes"> <div class="quote jama top odd"> <p>"It is a winner: a slightly quirky, eclectic collection — of paintings, drawings, advertisements, photographs, quotes, anecdotes, history, observations, and comment — that portrays the trials and triumphs of the profession of medicine...a treasure...My compliments to the author; this is indeed much more than a coffee-table book...a book with a dedicated human touch — 'a little bit about history, and a lot about people'...a delight."</p> <p class="attribution">— The Journal of the American Medical Association <br/>(Nov 1, 2006) <br/><span class="author">Markley H. Boyer, MD, DPhil, MPH<br/>Tufts University School of Medicine</span></p></div><div class="quote nejm even"> <p>"...a beautifully illustrated stroll through the history of medicine...It is a coffee-table book that will be picked up, leafed through, and admired over and over again."</p> <p class="attribution">— The New England Journal of Medicine <br/>(Dec 7, 2006) <br/><span class="author">Robert S. Schwartz, MD<br/>Deputy Editor and Chief Book Review Editor</span></p></div><div class="quote forewordmag odd"> <p>"...a superbly produced, lavishly illustrated volume on medicine and its presentation in history and art...This volume is a rich and eminently satisfying feast"</p> <p class="attribution">— ForeWord Magazine (Sept/Oct 2006) <br/><span class="author">Peter Skinner</span></p></div><div class="quote rakelmd bottom even"> <p>"...One of the best books of this type that I have seen and I own four others...Rather than the usual dry recitation of dates and events, this book reads like a conversation and includes many interesting quotes. It is an unusual approach to the history of medicine that differs significantly from other large coffee-table books. Most of the illustrations have not appeared in other books of this nature...I highly recommend it as one of the best illustrated history of medicine books I have read."</p> <p class="attribution">— Robert E. Rakel, M.D. <br/><span class="author">Director of the History of Medicine Society<br/> at the Baylor College of Medicine</span></p></div> </div> <div id="toc"> <ul class="toc"> <li><a href="https://www.medicalhistoryandart.com/order">LEKJP</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medicalhistoryandart.com/order">LEKJP LOGIN</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medicalhistoryandart.com/order">LEKJP ALTERNATIF</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td> <div id="bulletpoints"> <ul> <li>More than 600 pages in coffee-table size.</li> <li>500 images of the finest medical art and instruments ever published now in museums and collections around the world — all in full-color.</li> <li>Classic descriptions of disease by the greatest physicians in the history of medicine.</li> <li>Inspiring heroes and detestable scoundrels.</li> <li>Medicine in literature as related by Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, and many others.</li> <li>An extensive glossary of early medical terms.</li> <li>The vast majority of these illustrations are previously unpublished.</li> <li>Original 19th century daguerreotypes of procedures and diseases.</li> <li class="no_bullet"><a href="contents.html" title="Click here to view the table of contents.">Click here to view the table of contents.</a></li></ul> </div> <div id="awards"> <h2>National Book of the Year Awards</h2> <div id="frontpageawards"> <div class="award forewordmag odd top"> <p>Gold Medalist in the <strong>'History'</strong> category, ForeWord Magazine</p> <p class="attribution">— ForeWord Magazine, 2007</p> </div> <div class="award nationalindieexc even"> <p>Winner in the <strong>'History'</strong> category</p> <p class="attribution">— National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards</p> </div> <div class="award usabooknews odd"> <p>Winner in the <strong>'Best Gift Book'</strong> category</p> <p class="attribution">— 2006 Best Book Awards, USA Book News</p> </div> <div class="award benfranklinawards even"> <p>Silver Medalist in the <strong>'Coffee Table'</strong> category</p> <p class="attribution">— PMA Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2007</p> </div> <div class="award ippy odd bottom"> <p>Bronze Medalist in both the <strong>'History'</strong> and the <strong>'Coffee Table'</strong> categories</p> <p class="attribution">— 2007 Independent Publisher "IPPY" Awards</p> </div></div> </div> </td></tr></table></div><div id="footer"><div id="copyr_notice"> <p>All works found on this site are copyright © 2004-2007 by Ponteverde Press, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d04030b022d010806071d431e041908" title="Contact the author">Robert E. 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