Great Discoveries in Medicine

by Helen Bynum

Book Overview

Sickness and health, birth and death, disease and cure: medicine and our understanding of the workings of our bodies and minds are an inextricable part of how we know who we are.

In this inspiring compendium, distinguished experts from around the world explain medicine's turning points and conceptual changes, and answer a series of key questions: How did the Plague influence the course of human history? What should complementary medicine's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500251800
• ISBN13: 9780500251805
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 10.5"