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"Introduces readers to some of the bizarre medical treatments humans have used throughout history"--

Looks at ancient medicine and explains why humans faced new challenges when they began to live together in large communities.

Presents in newspaper format the stories of breakthroughs in medicine in many different cultures and lands from the year 8000 B.C. to the 1990s.

Garza maintains that the field of medicine is an indicator of the status of women in society. In the 15th century lay women healers were executed for practicing witchcraft. At one time in the United States, midwives were banned. Three women are noted as being major contributors to the development of nursing: Dorothea Dix, Florence Nightingale, & Margaret Sanger. Chapter notes, bibliography, & index.

First published in 1963, this book by University of Missouri Microbiology Professor Herbert S. Goldberg provides the reader with a picture of the life and times of Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine." Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos in 460 B.C., and his works remained for centuries the foundation of medical and biographical knowledge. In addition, it was Hippocrates daring approach to the problems of sickness and disease that drove the...

"Describes a variety of strange medical practices from the past"--Provided by publisher.

"What if someone told you that your liver pumped blood through your body? You'd think that person was crazy! Discover how thought about the human body has changed over the centuries."--

Studies how epidemics have changed history and how human behavior has contributed to the emergence and spread of disease.