The History of Medicine
- ISBN-10
- 1560068051
- ISBN-13
- 9781560068051
- Series
- The History of Medicine
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- Lisa Yount
Description
Discusses the dawn of medicine, its development into a science and ultimately into specialization, and the challenges facing the current medical community.
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Other editions
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- 2008-07-31
- 169 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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