Great Men and Women in the History of Medicine (Unabridged)

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The practice of medicine must be as ancient as mankind itself. People have always fallen ill and injured themselves. Just as there have always been sick people needing treatment, there seems never to have been a time when there wasn't someone willing to look after them. Generally their motives must surely have sprung from common humanity and compassion. Often, in ancient times, we learn that caring for the sick formed part of the duties of a priest. Sometimes, however, there is little doubt that 'doctors' have simply been people who have proclaimed their own wisdom in order to profit from the misfortunes of others.

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David Angus read Anthropology at University College London and then trained as an actor, going on to work in lm, theatre and television. Between acting jobs he began to write scripts and books, and he has now written the texts for more than 30 audio books, including Ballet Stories, published by Naxos, which won both an AudioFile Earphone Award and was a 2002 Audie award-winner. This title is his tenth for Naxos AudioBooks. Today David lives and works in Somerset.

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