John Duffy's classic history, formerly titled The Healers, has         been thoroughly revised and updated for this second edition, which includes         new chapters on women and minorities in medicine and on the challenges         currently facing the health care field.       "This remains the only comprehensive history of American medicine.         The treatment of the emergence of modern medicine and the flowering of         surgery is especially fresh and well done. As one of the respected scholars         in our profession, John Duffy has again demonstrated his wide knowledge         of the subject."         -- Thomas N. Brunner, author of To the Ends of the Earth: Women's         Search for Education in Medicine