Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos : Made available through hoopla, 2013
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 38 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781843796916 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11104750, 18437969111 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11104750
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Benjamin Soames
Illness, disease, and injury prompted the development of medicine from the earliest days of mankind: useful herbs, methods for treating wounds, and even setting bones were passed down the generations by word of mouth. With the growth of civilization came more scientific methods, generally discovered by significant individuals. Presents the major figures in the history of medicine, from Hippocrates in Ancient Greece to the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen
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