From Magic to Modern Medicine | Thrift Books No.14 | 1952 | Medical History

Publication Year: 1952

Literary Movement: Modernism

Language: English

Book Title: From Magic to Modern Medicine A Brief Sketch of Man’s Long Fight

Author: S. G. Blaxland Stubbs, O.B.E., F.R.S.A.

Genre: Magic

Topic: Medicine

From Magic to Modern Medicine
A Brief Sketch of Man’s Long Fight Against Disease
By S. G. Blaxland Stubbs, O.B.E., F.R.S.A.

Published as Thrift Books No. 14, first issued 1952.

A compact and engaging mid-century overview of the history of medicine, tracing humanity’s progress from superstition and folk magic through to modern scientific practice. Written deliberately for the general reader, this title sits at the intersection of medical history, popular science, and social history.

Series

• Thrift Books

• Editor: Royston Pike

• Companion series to The Thinker’s Library

Publication Details

• First published: 1952

• Publisher: C. A. Watts & Co., London

• Printed in Great Britain

• Softcover paperback

• Thrift Books No. 14

• Original price: 1/6 net

Contents

• Prehistoric and ancient medicine

• Greek, Roman, and medieval practice

• Renaissance developments

• The rise of scientific medicine

• Pasteur, Lister, Koch, penicillin and beyond

An appealing snapshot of how medicine was understood and presented to the public in the early post-war period.

Condition

Good vintage condition overall.

• General age toning to pages

• Cover shows handling wear and edge rubbing

• Binding sound, text complete

• No loose pages

• No modern markings noted

Please refer to photographs for accurate condition.

Postage

• Australia Post tracked shipping

• Carefully packed

• Local pickup welcome (Northam, WA)

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