Synopses & Reviews
Written in a lively and accessible style History Detectives: The Story of Medicine is a fascinating and informative look at the major trends in the history of medicine. The ancient Greeks were the first to separate medicine from religion. Records were kept by physicians of the medicines they made from herbs and plants and human anatomy was studied for the first time. Find out about the causes and treatments of diseases and about the people and the important discoveries they made which revolutionised the world