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Edited by Irvine Loudon. 347 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. $49.95. ISBN 0-19-820509-0.

This beautifully produced book has two purposes. The first is to answer the question posed by the editor, Irvine Loudon, who is both a medical historian and an artist: "What is medical history, and who are medical historians?" Here are 19 diverse essays on the history of medicine, each by a different historian; many of the contributors are from the United Kingdom. The book stands as a showcase of what medical historians are doing in the 1990s, and how they do it. Loudon does not attempt to be encyclopedic. The essays are broad, thoughtful, lively, and written for the general . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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