Presents a children's study of healing and medicine and discusses ways to prevent infection and disease, anaesthesia, antiseptics, and controlling germs.
Identifies common doctor's tools such as the stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and thermometer, and describes how they are used and what they feel like.
Explains how some of today's medical tools were invented, discussing who performed the first vaccinations, why animals were used in early blood transfusions, how electron microscopes work, and other related topics.
Profiles the life and work of seven scientists who made important medical inventions, including Santorio and the thermometer, La?nnec and the stethoscope, and R?ntgen and the x-ray.
