ENGLISH

Medicine and Healers Through History

By Rogers , Kara

Book information

Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781615304059, 1615304053
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5202160 bytes)
Series
Health and disease in society
Edition
1st ed
Pages
(xvii, 219 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Medical;Disease--histor

Description

Ancient medicine and its practitioners -- Medicine in the medieval and Renaissance eras -- The rise of scientific medicine in the 19th century -- Immunology and the 20th-century fight against infectious disease -- Progress in the understanding of disease in the 20th century -- Developments in the understanding of cancer -- Surgery in the 20th century and beyond -- Nursing and influential nurses in history -- Pioneers of modern medicine.;This book introduces the history of individuals who have made discoveries and advances relating to human anatomy and physiology and explores the practice of medicine from prehistory to the present day.

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