Bedpans, Blood and Bandages: A History of Hospitals (Raintree Freestyle: A Painful History of Medicine)

Bedpans, Blood and Bandages: A History of Hospitals (Raintree Freestyle: A Painful History of Medicine)

by JohnTownsend (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 56
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 03 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 1844437523
ISBN 13: 9781844437528

Author Bio
John Townsend has been in teaching for 25 years, and has been a full-time writer since January 2003. He has written more than sixty books for young people, on such wide-ranging subjects as monsters, urban legends, spiders, computer crime, and spies. He has also written the recent thrillers The Hand and The Omen and the Ghost. He lives in England.