Author: Roy PorterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002523
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
An authoritative and accessible illustrated introduction to medical history.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
Author: Roy PorterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002523
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
An authoritative and accessible illustrated introduction to medical history.
Western Medicine
Author: Irvine LoudonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199248131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Follows the advance of western medicine from ancient Greece, through the contributions of the great Islamic physicians, to modern day miracles such as antibiotics, CAT scans and organ transplants. Highlighting the great medical discoveries, contributors cover such topics as the relationship in the Renaissance between medicine and art, the tension between the church and an increasingly secularized medical professional class, epidemics and the geography of disease, and changing attitudes towards childbirth, mental disease, and the doctor-patient relationship. c. Book News Inc.
Medicine
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146545893X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
From ancient herbal remedies to modern drugs, the field of medicine has evolved dramatically over many centuries. Medicine takes you through the ages of human history and uncovers the greatest medical breakthroughs, with incredible coverage of disease, drugs, treatment, and cures. Turn the richly illustrated pages replete with compelling stories to learn all about the gory pitfalls and miraculous successes of medical history - from trepanning, bloodletting, and body snatching to brand new developments in IVF and gene therapy. Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer, and trace the progression of medical treatment through time, from ancient healing arts to scurvy and smallpox, and the World Wars to modern psychiatry. Double-page features on key scientists and researchers offer unique insight into their lives, experiments, and motivations. Perfect for adults, students, and anyone interested in the fascinating medical history of the world, Medicine is the definitive visual history of our health.
Doctors
Author: Sherwin B. NulandPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307807894
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
From the author of How We Die, the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine, told through the lives of the physician-scientists who paved the way. How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant collection of linked life portraits, the theory bears little resemblance to the truth. Through the centuries, the men and women who have shaped the world of medicine have been not only very human, but also very much the products of their own times and places. Presenting compelling studies of great medical innovators and pioneers, Doctors gives us a fascinating history of modern medicine. Ranging from the legendary Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, to Andreas Vesalius, whose Renaissance masterwork on anatomy offered invaluable new insight into the human body, to Helen Taussig, founder of pediatric cardiology and co-inventor of the original "blue baby" operation, here is a volume filled with the spirit of ideas and the thrill of discovery.
Chinese Medicine and Healing
Author: TJ HinrichsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674047370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
In covering the subject of Chinese medicine, this book addresses topics such as oracle bones, the treatment of women, fertility and childbirth, nutrition, acupuncture, and Qi as well as examining Chinese medicine as practiced globally in places such as Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Korea, and the United States.
Medicine
Author: Albert S. LyonsPublisher:
ISBN: 9788205173132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Medicine
Author: Roy PorterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521864267
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.
The Illustrated Timeline of Medicine
Author: Gill DaviesPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847966
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Timeline that spans the history of medicine, from the prehistoric trepanning of skulls to modern microsurgery.
Tropical Medicine
Author: Gordon CookPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080559395
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This superbly illustrated work provides short accounts of the lives and scientific contributions of all of the major pioneers of Tropical Medicine. Largely biographical, the stories discussed enlighten a new generation of scientists to the advances made by their predecessors. Written by Gordon Cook, contributor to the hugely popular Manson's Tropical Diseases, this report discusses the pioneers themselves and offers a global accounting of their experiences at the onset of the discipline.
The Illustrated Timeline of the History of the World
Author: Roshen DalalPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847974
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
An overview of the history of the world including the ancient world, great civilizations, the medieval world, and the modern world.