The Medical Book: 250 Milestones In The History Of Medicine Rick Riordan Paola Antonelli

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The Medical Book: 250 Milestones In The History Of Medicine Rick Riordan Paola AntonelliThe history of medicine is as old as the history of human civilization. In The Medical Book, popular science writer Clifford A. Pickover explores 250 milestone discoveries in medicine that span more than 12,000 years. Whether writing on 'hard science' topics such as DNA structure, reverse transcriptase and AIDS, polymerase chain reaction, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or ideas from the medical fringe such as witch doctors, patent medicines,