Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter ii
2. Contents viii
3. Preface xii
4. From Speculation to Science 2
5. An Introduction to the Ethical Basis of Medical Practice 24
6. An Old Style Doctor 40
7. The Cult of Pathology 76
8. Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery 90
9. Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses, and Cadavers 108
10. The Laboratory and Its Products 138
11. Advances toward More Scientific Practice 156
12. Emergency 178
13. Telling the Truth 190
14. A Poor Woman’s Plight 214
15. Hands-on Medical Training 224
16. A Woman Doctor? 240
17. A Shocking Discovery! 268
18. Starting Up in Practice 284
19. Further Historical and Literary Readings 306
20. Index 312