Doctor Howard Хаггард, professor of the Йельского university, in the book did the review of history of medicine from her sources in ancient civilization to our days. He collected the interesting facts of development of obstetric methods of родовспоможения, anaesthesia, surgery and curious another ways of treatment of people developing in whole science of medical treatment. Incredibly enthrallingly, with historical anecdotes and in a number of unique illustrations expounded various forms of medicare.