The Little Book of Medical Breakthroughs - Softcover

"The Little Book of Medical Breakthroughs" explains over 100 seminal discoveries, inventions and theories that have shaped the history of medical practice. Presenting a wide range of the most important medical breakthroughs, it covers a variety of topics, including artificial limbs used in Ancient Egypt, modern-day X-rays, immunisation and sanitation.This user-friendly book is arranged in chronological order and contains illustrations throughout.

Dr Naomi Craft is a practising doctor and freelance medical journalist. She previously worked for the British Medical Journal. A regular contributor to self-help books, Naomi Craft has also written for magazines and newspapers and has broadcast on radio and television. Her other publications include The Children's Guide to the Human Body.