摘要：In this, the third volume of his contemplated tetralogy on medical history, Doctor Marti-Ibainiez presents us with eight essays which span, in kaleidoscopic form, the centuries from the shaman to space medicine. The author has smoothly transformed these lectures to medical students from the spoken to the written word-a job not always easy of accomplishment. In the manner well known to readers of MD, the medical news magazine of which he is editor, Doctor Marti-Ibainfez approaches medical history in a fashion which is essentially literary, personalized, and telescopic. The writing is rich in allusions to art, and to social and cultural history. It abounds in devices directed at gaining the student's interest.
