medicine

Presents twelve essays, each illuminating the life and achievements of a scientist or physician who has made an important contribution to the fight against disease since 1950, and includes photographs, chronologies, and references for further reading.

Surveys the history and current status of the field of medicine and makes future projections about such developments as genetic engineering and the conquest of disease.

Tells the stories behind 250 medical and dental firsts and inventions, as well as the unique theories, history and people who helped to bring each discovery about.

Tells the stories behind 250 medical and dental firsts and inventions, as well as the unique theories, history and people who helped to bring each discovery about.

Tells the stories behind 250 medical and dental firsts and inventions, as well as the unique theories, history and people who helped to bring each discovery about.

Looks at health and medicine in the medieval world, discussing beliefs about the origins and spread of disease, and examining some of the practices people might be subjected to in the course of treatment.

Presents twenty-four essays on historic medical discoveries and their social impact, covering medical tools, pharmaceuticals, knowledge of anatomy and body functions, and disease prevention methods, and includes primary document excerpts, a glossary, a chronology, a further research list, and discussion questions.

Infants deprived of vitamins; prisoners infected with malaria; pregnant women fed radioactive iron. Medical advancement has not come without human suffering. Includes critical thinking questions.

Twelve-year-old Lucas Whitaker, orphaned in 1849 when his entire family is claimed by consumption, takes a job as an apprentice with Doc Beecher, and learns the truth about the difference between superstition and science.