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The profession of medicine has existed almost since the beginning of human history. Only after healing joined forces with science, however, did physicians make much progress in learning to prevent and heal injury and disease. Halting though it has been, the progress of medicine has also been marked by thrilling discoveries about how the human body functions and the forces that threaten health, leading to the amazing achievements that characterize medicine today.Lisa Yount is the author of 'The History of Medicine (World History Series)', published 2001 under ISBN 9781560068051 and ISBN 1560068051.
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