historians, and few good general histories exist today.
One of them is A Short History of Medicine (Oxford, 1928; 2nd ed., 1962). Author Charles Singer reckons that not until the 1500s did Euro- pean medical science attain the level of sophistication reached the Greeks in the 6th century B.c., nota-bly in their studies of anatomy and physiology.
When Europeans ventured to the New World, they brought their med- icine (as well as smallpox and measles) with them.
In a well-written textbook, Public...