The Medicine Cabinet - The story of health & and disease told through extraordinary objects (Hardcover)

The Medicine Cabinet is a beautifully curated and expertly written compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, which houses one of the largest and most significant collections of medical artefacts in the world - including a Bronze Age trepanned skull, healing water from an Ancient Greek well, a seventeenth-century barber's pole, a pharmacist's ceramic leech jar, a gold memento mori ring, First World War blood transfusion apparatus and a prototype MRI scanner. Each object is a profound reminder of the fragility of human existence, but also of the extraordinary lengths gone to by scientists, medical professionals and ordinary people in the attempt to conquer mortality. Published in association with the Science Museum, The Medicine Cabinet is a rich visual exploration of life, death and everything in between.

General

Imprint:	Andre Deutsch Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Natasha Mcenroe • Selina Hurley • The Science Museum
Dimensions:	237 x 185 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-233-00610-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN:	0-233-00610-9
Barcode:	9780233006109

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