02107nam a2200337 i 4500 OSt 20220116155954.0 220116s2021 nyua e 001 0 eng d 9780241471258 RM110.50 hardback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 610.9 610.9 MED R THE MEDICINE BOOK / Contributors : Steve Parker ; Consultant editor : John Farndon, Tim Harris, Ben Hubbard, Philip Parker, Robert Snedden. New York : DK Publishing, 2021 336 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Big Ideas Simply Explained Includes index Introduction -- Ancient and medieval medicine, prehistory to 1600 -- The scientific body, 1600-1820 -- Cells and microbes, 1820-1890 -- Vaccines serums, and antibiotics, 1890-1945 -- Global health, 1945-1970 -- Genes and technology, 1970 onwards. From ancient medical practices, such as herbal medications and balancing the humours, through groundbreaking work including Jenner's experiments with cowpox, which laid the basis for vaccination, The Medicine Book offers an engaging overview of medical history across the world all the way into the 21st century with gene manipulation, immunotherapy, and robotics and telesurgery. Covering the role that therapies and drugs have played in the human quest to treat and prevent disease, the establishment of hospitals and later international medical bodies, like the WHO, and medical science's response to new challenges, such as accelerated antibiotic resistance and COVID-19, The Medicine Book explains the stories behind each milestone development. Medicine, Popular Medicine History. Medicine. Parker, Steve, 1952- editor, contributor. Farndon, John, contributor. Harris, Tim, contributor. Big ideas simply explained ddc B 187050 187050 0 1 PPAK R 2022-02-06 R 610.9 MED A01722538 2022-02-06 00:00:00 B 0 1 SP R 2022-02-06 R 610.9 MED A01722539 2022-02-06 00:00:00 B 0 1 MR R 2022-02-06 R 610.9 MED A01722540 2022-02-06 00:00:00 B