The History of Medicine

By Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods

Life was shorter for people born before 1900. Doctors were unsure of the causes of disease, there were fewer medicines to prevent or cure sickness, operations were performed with simple knives and few painkillers, and vaccines and antibiotics were nonexistent. Take an in-depth look at vaccines, immunology, antibiotics, X rays, anesthetics, and artificial limbs in this history of medical inventions.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822526360
• ISBN13: 9780822526360
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Twenty First Century Books (CO)
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8