The Medical Book - From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine (Hardcover)

Following his hugely successful "The Math Book" and "The Physics Book", Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, Pickover intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.

General

Imprint:	Sterling
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sterling Milestones
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Clifford A. Pickover
Dimensions:	220 x 195 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	528
ISBN-13:	978-1-4027-8585-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General
LSN:	1-4027-8585-2
Barcode:	9781402785856

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