Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine (Record no. 295595)
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fixed length control field | 01833nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781409332725 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 610. 9 PAR-K |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Steve Parker |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Kill or Cure: An Illustrated History of Medicine |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Dorling Kindersley |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 400 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Beliefs and traditions, to 900 -- The rise of scientific medicine, 900-1820 -- Medicine in the Industrial Age, 1820-1920 -- Modern medicine, 1920-2000 -- Genes and future dreams, 2000-present. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | This is a gripping tale that traces medicine\'s extraordinary history. Kill or Cure tells the riveting history of medicine from chipping holes in skulls to the latest gene therapy and revolutionary cancer treatments. Compelling stories of drama and detective work reveal the trial and error behind man\'s endless search for cures to diseases and how lucky we are to have the medicines we do today. Uncover the gripping and sometimes gruesome life and death tales behind the medical advances that we take for granted through key figures\' diaries and notebooks, showing you discoveries through the eyes of the people who were there at the time. Plague and other global epidemics, the roots of psychiatry and the arrival of robot surgeons are brought to life, with maps, timelines and stunning images ranging from Roman surgical instruments and medieval bloodletting to artificial hearts and the latest scanners. Written by Steve Parker, a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society and author of over 250 books, Kill or Cure is the perfect prescription for anyone interested in the history of medicine, terrible diseases and revolutionary cures. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diseases -- History. Alternative medicine -- History. Medicine -- History. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 1 | 610. 9 PAR-K | DCB2421 | 25/05/2022 | 10/03/2022 | 19/07/2019 | Book |