Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.
Sterling Publishing Co Inc Medical book. from witch doctors to robot surgeons, 250 milestones in the history of medicine, hardback/clifford a. pickover
