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The story of medicine: from bloodletting to biotechnology
2013, Quercus
in English
1623650585 9781623650582
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Concepts and theories of disease
Bad blood and bad airs
Bones and bodies
Germs and genes
Practitioners and patients
Physicians and healers
Hospitals and nursing care
Barbers and surgeons
Tooth-drawers and dentists
Treatments and therapies
Bloodletting and purging
Opium, morphine, and heroin
Pharmacy and patent medicines
Complementary and alternative medicine
Modern medicines and vaccines
New drugs from old remedies
Magic bullets and blockbuster drugs
Testing treatments and clinical trials
Vaccination and preventive medicine.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.