Medicine through time

Authors:Nigel Kelly, Bob Rees, Paul Shuter

Summary:Part of a series designed to meet the requirements of the revised GCSE syllabuses, this foundation pupil's book looks at medicine through time. Students explore topics by investigating key issues and there is exam practice at the end of each unit.

Print Book, English, 2002

Edition:2nd ed. View all formats and editions

Publisher: Heinemann, Oxford, 2002

Series:

Heinemann secondary history project

Genre:History

Physical Description:144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

ISBN:

9780435308414, 0435308416

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:51545002

Subjects:

History

Medicine

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Public health

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Textbooks

Contents:

Chapter 1 Prehistoric Medicine Chapter 2 Egyptian Medicine Chapter 3 Minoan Crete Chapter 4 Ancient Greece Chapter 5 Roman Medicine Chapter 6 The fall of the Roman Empire in the west Chapter 7 Islamic Medicine Chapter 8 Medicine in the Middle Ages Chapter 9 Medicine in Early Modern Europe Chapter 10 Medicine on the brink Chapter 11 The fight against Infectious disease Chapter 12 The revolution in surgery Chapter 13 Developments in public health Chapter 14 Change, concepts and factors

Notes:

Previous edition: / Bob Rees, Paul Shuter. 1996

Also issued in Foundation ed. / Fiona Reynoldson