The Healing Hand Free

Author: Guido Majno
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0674383311
Category: Medical

The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World (Commonwealth Fund Publications)

This journey to the beginnings of the physician's art brings to life the civilizations of the ancient world--Egypt of the Pharaohs, Greece at the time of Hippocrates, Rome under the Caesars, the India of Ashoka, and China as Mencius knew it. Download The Healing Hand medical books for free.
Probing the documents and artifacts of the ancient world with a scientist's mind and a detective's eye, Guido Majno pieces together the difficulties people faced in the effort to survive their injuries, as well as the odd, chilling, or inspiring ways in which they rose to the challenge. In asking whether the early healers might have benefited their patients, or only hastened their trip to the grave, Dr. Majno uncovered surprising answers by testing ancient prescriptions in a modern laboratory. Illustrat Get The Healing Hand our bestseller medical books.

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