Read this history of disease and infection and find out what part pox, pus, and plague played in the spread and treatment of illness. Learn why British sailors were called limeys, and which disease turns the skin bright yellow. Discover why disease spread quickly. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how hospitals and medical treatment has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.
- ISBN10 1844437515
- ISBN13 9781844437511
- Publish Date 3 March 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 February 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Raintree Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 56
- Language English