During the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative. In 1900, western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals. It is now central to these aspects of life. Our prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations. The editors of Medicine in the Twentieth Century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical.;Cover; Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Production, Community and Consumption: The Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Medicine; CHAPTER 2 The Golden Age of Medicine?; CHAPTER 3 Health and Medicine in Interwar Europe; CHAPTER 4 Soviet Medicine; CHAPTER 5 Colonial Medicine; CHAPTER 6 Health and Health Care in the Progressive Era; CHAPTER 7 Post-Colonial Medicine; CHAPTER 8 Medicine and the Counter Culture; CHAPTER 9 Medicine and the Welfare State 1930-1970; CHAPTER 10 Pharmaceutical Industry.