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Story of Medicine

by Ward, Brian
Series: Exploring History Published by : Lorenz Books (New York) Physical details: 64 p. ISBN:075480531x.
Subject(s): Medicine -- history -- juvenile
Year: 2000
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Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
j 600 - 699 j610.9730903 War (Browse shelf) Available 77283

Medicine around the world and across the ages.

Healthy mind and body -- Earliest medicine -- Shamans and the supernatural -- Ayurvedic medicine -- Chinese medicine -- Hippocrates and the greeks -- Roman medicine -- Arab world -- Galen's legacy -- Renaissance discoveries -- Plague and pestilence -- Making diagnosis -- Rise of surgery -- Germ-free and pain-free -- Quacks and charlatans -- Public health -- Microbe hunters -- Immunization -- Germ killers -- Woman pioneers -- Rebuilding the body -- Healing the mind -- Plants and pills -- Alternative therapies -- Holistic medicine -- Modern technology -- Imaging the body -- Looking to the future.

10 - 13 years