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30-second medicine : the 50 crucial milestones, treatments and technologies in the history of health, each explained in half a minute

2019
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What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And when were hospitals invented? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in '30-Second Medicine'. Taking the story from the first 'medicines' direct from nature to today's keyhole surgery, and with a look toward future developments, it's an engrossing journey.
Main title:
30-second medicine : the 50 crucial milestones, treatments and technologies in the history of health, each explained in half a minute / editor, Gabrielle M. Finn ; contributors, Philip Cox, Laura Fitton, Joanna Matthan, Larissa Nelson, Martin Veysey ; illustrations, Steve Rawlings.
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Imprint:
London : Ivy Press, 2019.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Brighton: Ivy Press, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782409328 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
610.9610.9 FINN610.9 FIN
Language:
English
BRN:
1887918
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