Preamble The God in the Machine By Lewis H. Lapham Americans ask of medicine more than medicine can deliver—not only the cure for death, but also the gift of riches. More
Essay Early Islamic Medicine By Jonathan Lyons The history of Western medicine owes much to its encounters with the medieval Muslim world, yet this debt seems destined to go unrecognized and unrepaid. More
Voices In Time c. 1760 | Michigan White-Man Giver Native Americans encounter a terrible sickness.More
Voices In Time c. 1905 | Mohalis Feng Shui Sinclair Lewis on the fine art of furnishing a doctor’s office.More
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. —Oscar Wilde, 1891
