Bedpans, Blood & Bandages

Bedpans, Blood & Bandages
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410925442

Presents the history of hospitals, and how they evolved from rat-infested hostels into the antiseptically clean hospitals we know today.

Bedpans, Bandages & Blood

Bedpans, Bandages & Blood
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410913340

Read this history of hospitals and find out how bedpans, blood, and bandages were a part of medical history. Learn why maggots are used in hospitals. Discover where people in ancient times went when they were ill. 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.

Bedpans, Blood and Bandages

Bedpans, Blood and Bandages
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410925398

Read this history of hospitals and find out how bedpans, blood, and bandages were a part of medical history. Learn why maggots are used in hospitals. Discover where people in ancient times went when they were ill. 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.

Scalpels, Stitches & Scars

Scalpels, Stitches & Scars
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410913326

Read this history of surgery to find out how scalpels, stitches and scars were a part of medical history. Learn why barbers tried to make people bleed and which group of people used giant ants to seal up wounds. Discover how people in ancient times fixed wounds. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how surgery 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.

Pox, Pus & Plague

Pox, Pus & Plague
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410913388

Describes the symptoms and treatment of certain illnesses throughout history, including scurvy, yellow fever, measles, typhoid, and polio.

The Story of Medicine

The Story of Medicine
Author: Brian Ward
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448847923

Describes the history of medicine, from earliest medicine practices and supernatural traditions to the development of modern medicine, including the advancement of surgery, the creation of vaccines, and the advent of psychiatry.

Pills, Powders & Potions

Pills, Powders & Potions
Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410913401

Describes how people throughout history treated illnesses, including the use of snails to cure sore throats and tobacco leaves to treat kidney stones.

Dirty Work

Dirty Work
Author: Shirley K. Drew
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2007
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1932792732

Profiling a number of occupations that society deems tainted (prison guards, forensic pathologists, AIDS caregivers, and others), "Dirty Work" offers vivid, ethnographic reports that focus on the communication that helps workers manage the moral, social, and physical stains that derive from engaging in such occupations.

Health and Disease

Health and Disease
Author: Claire Wallerstein
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2006-10-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781403482150

In most of the world people suffer horribly from preventable or treatable diseases. This book examines the role poverty plays in health and helps students understand the complicated issues.

Emergency Care

Emergency Care
Author: Susan H. Gray
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1602793794

When a medical emergency occurs, seconds often make the difference between life and death. Every day, people are saved as the results of improvements in diagnosis and care. Read this book to explore the many advancements that have occurred in emergency care and the role innovation played in their development.