This book is a biography of the physician Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216), who began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor.

Seventeenth-century physician Peter Blood, convicted of treason for treating a nobleman who was injured in a rebellion against King James II, is forced into life as a pirate and becomes the greatest buccaneer of all time.

This short work examines what the Hippocratic Oath said to Greek physicians 2400 years ago and reflects on its relevance to medical ethics today.

But life with her country doctor husband in the provinces is unutterably boring, and she embarks on love affairs to realize her fantasies. This new translation by Margaret Mauldon perfectly captures Flaubert's distinctive style.

Well-known Paterson, New Jersey poet and physician.

This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.

A London physician leads a double life when he discovers a drug that alters his appearance and disposition.