Medicine
The Definitive Illustrated History
Seiten
2016
DK (Verlag)
978-0-241-22596-7 (ISBN)
DK (Verlag)
978-0-241-22596-7 (ISBN)
See the greatest medical breakthroughs come to life through superb illustrations!
From ancient herbal medicine to traditional Chinese medicine, take a visual tour throughout the history of medicine with this comprehensive medical reference book.
Discover medicine through time! Here's what you'll find in this illustrated history book about medicine:
- Offers a broad and accessible visual history of medicine - from the first herbal remedies to the attempt to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
- Intriguing narratives are illustrated with photographs, paintings, and artefacts
- Offers a vivid, compelling, and informative read written in an engaging and colourful style
- Excerpts from documents, diaries, and notebooks offer fascinating eyewitness accounts
This medicine history book charts fascinating developments in diagnosis, surgery, healing and drugs through the ages. Feature spreads explore key medical concepts in detail and enhance the reader's understanding of human anatomy, surgical instruments, and medical developments.
Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer, and trace the progression of medical treatment through time, from ancient healing arts to scurvy and smallpox to modern psychiatry. Double-page features tell the story of the men and women involved in the extraordinary evolution of this scientific field - from Hippocrates to Florence Nightingale.
It's the perfect book for medical professionals, students of medicine, or anyone with a keen interest in medicine, science, or social history.
From ancient herbal medicine to traditional Chinese medicine, take a visual tour throughout the history of medicine with this comprehensive medical reference book.
Discover medicine through time! Here's what you'll find in this illustrated history book about medicine:
- Offers a broad and accessible visual history of medicine - from the first herbal remedies to the attempt to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
- Intriguing narratives are illustrated with photographs, paintings, and artefacts
- Offers a vivid, compelling, and informative read written in an engaging and colourful style
- Excerpts from documents, diaries, and notebooks offer fascinating eyewitness accounts
This medicine history book charts fascinating developments in diagnosis, surgery, healing and drugs through the ages. Feature spreads explore key medical concepts in detail and enhance the reader's understanding of human anatomy, surgical instruments, and medical developments.
Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer, and trace the progression of medical treatment through time, from ancient healing arts to scurvy and smallpox to modern psychiatry. Double-page features tell the story of the men and women involved in the extraordinary evolution of this scientific field - from Hippocrates to Florence Nightingale.
It's the perfect book for medical professionals, students of medicine, or anyone with a keen interest in medicine, science, or social history.
Steve Parker is a writer, editor, and consultant specialising in general science and life sciences, and he is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. He is the author of more than 250 books, including The Human Body Book and Eyewitness Medicine, and won a BMA medical book award in 2014 for Kill or Cure (DK).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | DK Definitive Visual Histories |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 240 x 288 mm |
| Gewicht | 1548 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin |
| ISBN-10 | 0-241-22596-5 / 0241225965 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-241-22596-7 / 9780241225967 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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