Bibliograph

The illustrated timeline of medicine, Gill Davies

Type

Label

The illustrated timeline of medicine, Gill Davies

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-217) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The illustrated timeline of medicine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

754613277

Responsibility statement

Gill Davies

Series statement

History timelines

Summary

Chronicles medical history, from the primitive practices of antiquity to the discoveries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the technological innovations of the modern era, with a selection of entries on famous people, institutions, and diseases

Table Of Contents

Disease and pestilence -- Pharmacy: an ancient art -- Ancient healers -- Alternative and complementary medicine -- Middle ages -- The renaissance -- Britain 1600s -- Hospitals -- Some men of note -- Nineteenth-Century Pioneers -- Exploring the mind -- Genetics -- Modern surgical techniques -- Modern diagnostic techniques -- International red cross -- Women: their role as doctors -- Drugs in sport -- High-altitude medicine aviation medicine -- Paramedical service -- Lifestyle disease -- Insurance -- Nobel prize winners -- Countries: brief selection of events

Target audience

juvenile

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