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Medicine : the definitive illustrated history / Steve Parker.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
610.9 PARK	Adult Non Fiction		Earlwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780241225967 (hardback)
Name	Parker, Steve, 1952- author.
Title	Medicine : the definitive illustrated history / Steve Parker.
Published	London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2016.
Published	©2016
Description	288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 31 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Summary	Tells the fascinating history of medicine through the ages to the present day. Follow the greatest stories of medicine and its breakthroughs, with incredible coverage of disease, drugs, treatment, and cures. Medicine covers the gory pitfalls and miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning, bloodletting, and body snatching to brand new developments in IVF and gene therapy with compelling stories and stunning illustrations. Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer, and trace the progression of medical treatment through the centuries, from ancient healers and herbalists to scurvy and smallpox, and the World Wars to modern psychiatry.
Subjects	Medicine -- History
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Medicine -- History . Authors: Parker, Steve, 1952- .