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The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

Clifford A. Pickover

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology, and immunology, Pickover intersperses “obvious” historical milestones--the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project--with unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.

Language: English

Pages: 528

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Union Square Co.

Release: September 04, 2012

ISBN: 1402785852

ISBN 13: 9781402785856

The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

Clifford A. Pickover

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology, and immunology, Pickover intersperses “obvious” historical milestones--the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project--with unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.

Language: English

Pages: 528

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Union Square Co.

Release: September 04, 2012

ISBN: 1402785852

ISBN 13: 9781402785856

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