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| TITLE: |
A brief history of disease, science, and medicine : from the Ice Age to the Genome Project / by Michael Kennedy. |
| AUTHOR: |
Kennedy, Michael, 1938- |
| PUBLISHED: |
Cranston, R.I. : Writers' Collective, c2004. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
vii, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 -- Postscript. |
| SUBJECT: |
Medicine--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
Science--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
Diseases--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
History of Medicine. |
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