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 printing influenced the spread of medical ideas, how physicians and surgeons were trained, how dissections were carried out, how trade brought new medicines to Europe and how individuals made important new medical discoveries.

 

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.