An edition of The story of medicine (2013)

The story of medicine

from bloodletting to biotechnology

The story of medicine
Mary Dobson, Mary Dobson
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An edition of The story of medicine (2013)

The story of medicine

from bloodletting to biotechnology

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Publish Date
Publisher
Quercus
Language
English
Pages
239

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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.

Published in
New York, NY
Other Titles
Medicine

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.9
Library of Congress
RA649 .D63 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
239 pages
Number of pages
239

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27154904M
ISBN 10
1623650585
ISBN 13
9781623650582
LCCN
2013937927
OCLC/WorldCat
829988710

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19974731W

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