| Description |
xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Series |
A brief history of |
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Brief history of.
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| Contents |
Prologue: reading amid the battle -- Out of the darkness: first light -- A tradition is born -- Figures in a dark landscape -- A fresh start -- Blueprint for a science -- Harvey the circulator -- Explorer of an invisible world -- An era of medical enlightenment -- A new cure for an scourge -- Giants of physiololgy -- Eliminating the surgeon's enemy -- The pioneer women -- Pride and prejudice -- Medicine for the world -- The start of the modern era -- A new form of surgery -- Cures for the incurable? -- The secret if life? |
| Summary |
Includes: Inspired geniuses, such as Paracelsus, the father of medical chemistry, and Edward Jenner, who discovered the smallpox vaccination; Cuthroat competition, as during the 'Gas Wars' over who'd invented the anaesthetic, Scientific endeavour, such as the discovery of X-rays; Mistakes both fortunate and fatal, Anatomy, |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages [401]-405 |
| Subject |
Medicine -- History.
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History of Medicine.
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Physicians -- history.
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| ISBN |
1845291557 |
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9781845291556 |
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