Cutting-Edge Medicine

Cutting-Edge Medicine
ISBN-10
0822585324
ISBN-13
9780822585329
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
52
Language
English
Published
2007-01-01
Publisher
LernerClassroom
Author
Connie Goldsmith

Description

Imagine that you have a deadly infection, and your doctor gives you medicine made from lizard spit. Or a dog attack destroys your face, so doctors peel it off and stitch on a transplant. Or you wake up from surgery only to find leeches feasting on you. Or to battle your cancer, doctors insert tiny tools that race through your blood stream to zap the tumor. Where are you? Ancient Egypt? Frankenstein's lab? Another planet? No, you're on Earth in the twenty-first century, and this is cutting-edge medicine! This book explains the many amazing ways new medical techniques are helping people live longer, healthier lives

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