In the beginning -- The beginning of history -- Classical Greece and Rome -- India and China -- The rise of Islam and Arabic medicine -- The Middle Ages -- The beginning of modern science -- The Enlightenment and medicine -- The century of the surgeon -- The Germans -- Medicine, bacteriology and infectious diseases -- The rise of medicine -- The new science -- The development of modern surgery -- Blood -- The structure of DNA -- Fleming, Florey and penicillin -- Twentieth century medicine -- Cardiac surgery -- Critical care medicine and anesthesia -- Transplantation -- Psychiatry -- The economics of medicine.
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