Description
| Product ID: | 9781402785856 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Union Square & Co. Milestones |
| Title: | The Medical Book |
| Subtitle: | From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine |
| Authors: | Author: Clifford A. Pickover |
| Page Count: | 528 |
| Subjects: | History of medicine, History of medicine, Popular medicine and health, Popular medicine & health |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants. |
| Imprint Name: | Sterling |
| Publisher Name: | Union Square & Co. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-09-04 |
