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The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine - Union Square & Co. Milestones
Clifford A. Pickover
Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author 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.
528 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 4, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781402785856 |
| Publishers | Union Square & Co. |
| Pages | 528 |
| Dimensions | 196 × 222 × 36 mm · 1.45 kg |