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portada A Brief History of Medicine (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2005
Language
English
Pages
434
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
Weight
0.47 kg.
ISBN13
9781845291556

A Brief History of Medicine (in English)

Paul Strathern (Author) · Constable & Robinson · Paperback

A Brief History of Medicine (in English) - Strathern, Paul

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Synopsis "A Brief History of Medicine (in English)"

The foundations for the scientific study of the body and modern Western medicine as we know it started with William Harvey's discovery of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. But its roots stretch back into Ancient Greece, when medicine first departed from the divine and the mystical and moved toward observation and logic. Real progress was a long time coming, held back by the taboo around dissection - only external symptoms could be used for diagnosis - as well as superstition and mysticism (illness was the work of demons and pixies and curable only by penitence). Paul Strathern steers us skilfully through the maze of discoveries, diseases and wrong turns that have made medicine what it is today - super-efficient, high tech and increasingly costly.Includes: Inspired geniuses, such as Paracelsus, the father of medical chemistry, and Edward Jenner, who discovered the smallpox vaccination; ...

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