Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine

This is a gripping tale that traces medicine\'s extraordinary history. Kill or Cure tells the riveting history of medicine from chipping holes in skulls to the latest gene therapy and revolutionary cancer treatments. Compelling stories of drama and detective work reveal the trial and error behi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steve Parker
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Dorling Kindersley 2013
Subjects:
Diseases > History. Alternative medicine > History. Medicine > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Beliefs and traditions, to 900
  • The rise of scientific medicine, 900-1820
  • Medicine in the Industrial Age, 1820-1920
  • Modern medicine, 1920-2000
  • Genes and future dreams, 2000-present.

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