A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries: From Mummies to Gene Splicing

by Marguerite Vigliani, Phillip Hoose, Gale Eaton, et al.

The 5,000-year-old Iceman discovered frozen in the Alps may have treated his gallstones, Lyme disease, and hardening of the arteries with the 61 tattoos that covered his body--most of which matched acupuncture points--and the walnut-sized pieces of fungus he carried on his belt. The herbal medicines chamomile and yarrow have been found on 50,000-year-old teeth, and neatly bored holes in prehistoric skulls show that Neolithic surgeons relieved pressure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884484114
• ISBN13: 9780884484110
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

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Limited history of scientific discoveries "from mummies to gene splicing." Multiple illustrations with extremely small type. Gets off to a slow start, but picks up speed with many accounts already familiar to the reading public.