Gabrielle M. Finn

30-Second Medicine: The 50 crucial milestones, treatments and technologies in the history of health, each explained in half a minute - Brighton, UK Ivy Press 2017 - 160 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.

What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And when were hospitals invented? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in '30-Second Medicine'. Taking the story from the first 'medicines' direct from nature to today's keyhole surgery, and with a look toward future developments, it's an engrossing journey.

9781782404552


Medicine -- History. Medicine -- Miscellanea. Medicine.

610.9 MED