Marguerite Vigliani, Gale Eaton, Phillip Hoose

A History of Medicine in 50 Discoveries (History in 50) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Vigliani and Eaton's high-interest exploration of medicine begins in prehistory.

The 5,000-year-old Iceman discovered frozen in the Alps may have treated his gallstones, Lyme disease, and hardening of the arteries with the 61 tattoos that covered his bodymost of which matched acupuncture pointsand the walnut-sized pieces of fungus he carried on his belt. The herbal medicines chamomile and yarrow have been found on 50,000-year-old teeth, and neatly bored holes in prehistoric skulls show that Neolithic surgeons relieved pressure on the brain (or attempted to release evil spirits) at least 10,000 years ago. From Mesopotamian pharmaceuticals and Ancient Greek sleep therapy through midwifery, amputation, bloodletting, Renaissance anatomy, bubonic plague, and cholera to the discovery of germs, X-rays, DNA-based treatments and modern prosthetics, the history of medicine is a wild ride through the history of humankind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tilbury House Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 13 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780884485322
• Artikelnr.: 59591624

Autorenporträt

Marguerite Vigliani, MD (Barrington, RI) is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology a tthe Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She has been a private solo OB/GYN practitioner for the last 36 years in Rhode Island, where she lives with her family. She has authored a number of medical case reports and clinical opinions for peer-reviewed journals, and she has taught medical students, residents, and fellows in OB/GYN.