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A brief history of disease, science, and medicine : from the Ice Age to the Genome Project / by Michael Kennedy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cranston, R.I. : Writers' Collective, c2004.Description: vii, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1932133593 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610/.9 21
LOC classification:
  • R131 .K44 2004
NLM classification:
  • WZ 40
Online resources:
Contents:
In the beginning -- The beginning of history -- Classical Greece and Rome -- India and China -- The rise of Islam and Arabic medicine -- The Middle Ages -- The beginning of modern science -- The Enlightenment and medicine -- The century of the surgeon -- The Germans -- Medicine, bacteriology and infectious diseases -- The rise of medicine -- The new science -- The development of modern surgery -- Blood -- The structure of DNA -- Fleming, Florey and penicillin -- Twentieth century medicine -- Cardiac surgery -- Critical care medicine and anesthesia -- Transplantation -- Psychiatry -- The economics of medicine -- Postscript.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton R 131 .K44 2004 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 73007
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack R 131 .K44 2004 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 73008
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack R 131 .K44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.4 Available 73036
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack R 131 .K44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 72925

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the beginning -- The beginning of history -- Classical Greece and Rome -- India and China -- The rise of Islam and Arabic medicine -- The Middle Ages -- The beginning of modern science -- The Enlightenment and medicine -- The century of the surgeon -- The Germans -- Medicine, bacteriology and infectious diseases -- The rise of medicine -- The new science -- The development of modern surgery -- Blood -- The structure of DNA -- Fleming, Florey and penicillin -- Twentieth century medicine -- Cardiac surgery -- Critical care medicine and anesthesia -- Transplantation -- Psychiatry -- The economics of medicine -- Postscript.

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