Cover art for The Medical Book
Published
Sterling, September 2012
ISBN
9781402785856
Format
Hardcover, 528 pages
Dimensions
21.5cm × 18.6cm × 3.7cm

The Medical Book From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine by

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Clifford Pickover chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, Pickover intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.

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