Watch the greatest medical breakthroughs come to life through superb illustrations, taking a visual tour through the history of medicine from ancient herbal remedies to traditional Chinese medicine. This comprehensive reference offers a broad, accessible visual history of medicine – stretching from the earliest herbal treatments right up to efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic – with intriguing narratives illustrated through photographs, paintings, and artefacts. Written in an engaging, colourful style, it’s a vivid, compelling, and informative read, with excerpts from documents, diaries, and notebooks offering fascinating eyewitness accounts throughout. The book charts fascinating developments in diagnosis, surgery, healing, and drugs through the ages, with feature spreads exploring key medical concepts in detail to deepen understanding of human anatomy, surgical instruments, and medical advances. Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer and trace the progression of medical treatment over time, from ancient healing arts through scurvy and smallpox to modern psychiatry, while double-page features tell the story of the men and women behind this extraordinary scientific evolution, from Hippocrates to Florence Nightingale. It’s the perfect book for medical professionals, students of medicine, or anyone with a keen interest in medicine, science, or social history.
ISBN 13: 9780241225967
Author: DK
