Leeches to lasers : a timeline of medicine.

Senker, Cath

Leeches to lasers : a timeline of medicine. - Chicago : World Book, Inc., a Scott Fetzer company, 2016. - 40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm. - A timeline of ... 9780716635390 .

Includes index.

Introduction: Medicine through the ages -- The ancient world -- Medicine in the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance -- Enlightenment medical thought -- The industrial revolution -- New developments in medicine -- How modern wars affected medicine -- Medicine today.

"Charts the milestones in the history of medicine and medical practices in a narrative timeline format. Features: glossary, additional resources, and index"--

Ages 5-11.

9780716635420 (hbk)

2016012917


Medicine--History--Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations--History--Juvenile literature.

R133.5 / .L44 2016

J 610.9 SENK