General & Miscellaneous - Medicine, Medical Reference, Medical Technology, Medicine - History
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Overview
"In this book. Ghislaine Lawrence provides an overview of how medical knowledge and practices have changed, from ancient beliefs to the treatments of today. For instance, did you know that the first stethoscope was a rolled-up piece of paper? Or that people once used stones formed in the intestines of animals as medicines?" Bringing the narrative to life are images of over 100 items selected from the amazing collections held at the Science Museum - objects as diverse as a prehistoric trepanned skull, an Egyptian mummified cat, a medicine chest from the Renaissance, a seventeenth-century prosthetic limb and an early heart pacemaker. Detailed captions place these objects in their context and help you imagine what being a patient or a practitioner could have involved.Book Details
Published
July 1, 2002
Publisher
Science Museum
Pages
64
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781900747455