Illustrated History of Medicine

Autor*innen

• Gill Paul

Parameter

• 224 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Historische Romane
• Medizin & Gesundheit
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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HISTORY OF MEDICINE. The Illustrated History of Medicine takes readers on a 12,000-year journey by exploring fifty objects that open windows onto different aspects of medical history. Objects are listed chronologically, and include: a Neolithic Trapanned Skull (c.10,000 bce); Clay Tablets from the Library of Assurbanipal (7th century bce); Avicenna's Tomb in Hamadan, Iran (1037); a Plague Doctor Mask (17th century); John Snow's Cholera Map (1854); the Snellen Chart for Eye Tests (1862); Alexander Flemming's Petri Dish (1928); a Red ribbon for AIDs awareness (1991)

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Einband: Paperback