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One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine – Conceived, Organized, and with an Introduction by Haskell F. Norman

Hope Mayo author Haskell F Norman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Grolier Club of New York

Published:4th May '23

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One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine – Conceived, Organized, and with an Introduction by Haskell F. Norman cover

This volume in the prestigious Grolier Hundred series provides an overview of key books, manuscripts, and images chronicling the evolution of medical knowledge from antiquity to the invention of the CAT scan, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine traces the dissemination of formative medical discoveries from the ancient world to the present, and from the writings of Hippocrates to Watson & Crick. Detailed bibliographical descriptions were contributed by 23 experts in their fields, with each entry providing the title, the publication information, a bibliographical description, and an essay stating the medical and historical significance of the book. A 1994 Grolier Club exhibition accompanied its publication.

ISBN: 9780910672122

Dimensions: 11mm x 8mm x 2mm

Weight: unknown

390 pages