Title:
The story of medicine : from bloodletting to biotechnology
Author:
Dobson, Mary J.
ISBN:
9781780879086
Personal Author:
Publication Date:
2013
Physical Description:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
Abstract:
In 'The Story of Medicine', esteemed medical historian Mary Dobson charts the ways in which we have fought with disease and injury over several millennia - from the 'humours' of Hippocrates to Edward Jenner and the eradication of smallpox; and from Florence Nightingale's nursing reforms to Crick and Watson's DNA chain. Richly illustrated with paintings, illustrations and photographs, this volume is filled with the trauma as well as the triumph of medical science.