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The Healers: A History of Medicine in Scotland
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Author
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David Hamilton.
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Publisher
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Mercat Press
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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8.5
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5.5
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ISBN
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9781841830513
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Pages/Publication Date
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318/1981
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Daedalus Item Code
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22448
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This item is not available.
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Description
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Scotland's unique contribution to the advancement of medical science and practice has been widely recognized, from the folk healers of the Dark Ages, who used charms and herbs to cure the sick, to the advent of more scientific methods and the achievements of figures like Joseph Lister, David Livingstone, and James Young Simpson, who transformed health care worldwide. Originally published in 1981, when it was hailed as "the standard short work on Scottish medical history" (Medical History), this updated edition of The Healers provides a fascinating alternative history of Scotland. Surgeon David Hamilton takes us through leprosy and plagues, cholera and typhoid, anatomy and bodysnatching, and surgery before anesthesia, which had to be performed in a matter of minutes to save the patient's suffering.
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