This series looks at the medical contributions and advances made over the centuries, from prehistoric times to the present day. Each book evaluates the major medical issues of the time and the key individuals who pushed medical knowledge into new territory. In this title, readers can discover how hunter-gathering peoples treated everyday illnesses and broken bones, what the skeletons of early people can tell us about the diseases they suffered from, the influence of medicine men in Native American and Aboriginal societies, Ancient Egyptian beliefs about illness and the human body, and the effectiveness of their herbal remedies.

 

This book is part of a book series called The History Of Medicine .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of www. thinkinghistory. co. uk.