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Author:

Dowswell, Paul, 1957-

Title:

Medicine / Paul Dowswell.

Publisher:

Heinemann Library,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--History.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations--History.--Juvenile literature.
Medicine--History.
Medical instruments and apparatus.
Medical innovations.
Inventions.
Equipment and Supplies--history--Juvenile Literature.
Biomedical Technology.--Juvenile Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Surgical instruments 10,000 BC -- Acupuncture needles 2,000 BC -- False teeth 700 BC -- Artificial limbs 1536 -- Microscope c. 1590 -- Blood transfusions 1667 -- Vaccination 1796 -- Stethoscope 1819 -- Anaesthetic 1845 -- Antiseptics 1847 -- Braces/orthodontics 1880 -- X-rays 1895 -- Antibiotics 1928 -- Iron lung 1928 -- Electron microscope 1933 -- Organ transplant 195? -- Genetic engineering 1973 -- MRI 1977 -- Endoscope 1982 -- Timeline -- Glossary.

Series:

Great inventions

ISBN:

9781588102133 (lib. bdg.)
1588102130 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45580291

LCCN:

00012411

Locations:

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)