Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

A brief history of disease, science, and medicine, from the Ice Age to the Genome Project, by Michael Kennedy

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 460-470) and indexes

illustrations

index present

non fiction

A brief history of disease, science, and medicine

bibliography

55033690

by Michael Kennedy

from the Ice Age to the Genome Project

In the beginning -- The beginning of history -- Classical Greece and Rome -- India and China -- The rise of Islam and Arabic medicine -- The Middle Ages -- The beginning of modern science -- The Enlightenment and medicine -- The century of the surgeon -- The Germans -- Medicine, bacteriology and infectious diseases -- The rise of medicine -- The new science -- The development of modern surgery -- Blood -- The structure of DNA -- Fleming, Florey and penicillin -- Twentieth century medicine -- Cardiac surgery -- Critical care medicine and anesthesia -- Transplantation -- Psychiatry -- The economics of medicine