Measly Medicine (Horrible Science)
Author(s): Nick Arnold
This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.
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General Fields
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- : schol
- : schol
- : 0.114
- : 03 July 2006
- : 198mm X 129mm X 10mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nick Arnold
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : Tony De Saulles
- : 610.9
- : From 8 To 12
- : 144
- : Illustrations