Illustrated History of Medicine

Autori

• Gill Paul

Parametri

• 224 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Narrativa
• Prosa storica
• Saggistica
• Salute & Medicina
• Storia

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HISTORY OF MEDICINE. The Illustrated History of Medicine takes readers on a 12,000-year journey by exploring fifty objects that open windows onto different aspects of medical history. Objects are listed chronologically, and include: a Neolithic Trapanned Skull (c.10,000 bce); Clay Tablets from the Library of Assurbanipal (7th century bce); Avicenna's Tomb in Hamadan, Iran (1037); a Plague Doctor Mask (17th century); John Snow's Cholera Map (1854); the Snellen Chart for Eye Tests (1862); Alexander Flemming's Petri Dish (1928); a Red ribbon for AIDs awareness (1991)

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2017

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