Product Description

This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #954347 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages