ROONEY, Anne    2009 <br/><br/>
The story of medicine:   from early healing to the miracles of modern medicine  
Anne Rooney. 
 - London:   Arcturus,   2009. 
 - 208 pages  Colour illustrations, portraits  23 cm 
<br/><br/> <br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/> The Story of Medicine charts our remarkable progress along the road of medical discovery. In a fascinating narrative, it describes the key developments and breakthroughs in our understanding of our own bodies. Topics include: . Primitive surgery - when drilling a hole in the head to let demons out was the height of surgical sophistication . Historical models of the body and disease . Dead bodies hold the key - the role of dissection in medical discovery . Diagnosis - how doctors learned to read the signs of illness . Plagues and pandemics through history . Germ theory and contagion - discovering a hidden world . How the body can turn against itself .Scarificators, leeches, maggots and other nasty treatments . Nature's pharmacopeia Detailed within these pages, too, are the stories of those who have shaped the world of medicine, including scientists, surgeons, doctors and, of course, patients. 
<br/><br/> Adult. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848 372153 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/> ROONEY, Anne   London, 2009   2009. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Diseases and disorders series
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Africa
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Facted Index Terms: </label><br/>Art and Science
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Curriculum Objective: </label><br/>Biochemistry
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.9 ROON