History News: Medicine - Hardcover

Gates, Phil

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763603163 ISBN 13: 9780763603168

Publisher: Candlewick, 1997

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Presents in newspaper format the stories of breakthroughs in medicine in many different cultures and lands from the year 8000 B.C. to the 1990s

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From Kirkus Reviews:

The latest entry in the History News series covers the highlights of medicine, beginning 20,000 years ago with trepanning, and covering major figures such as Galen, Pasteur, and Nightingale, as well as such lesser known doctors as Susruta, who made wax noses for people who had lost their own as part of a ``familiar Indian punishment.'' The gimmick of the series, of course, is that each volume features ``reprints'' from back issues of newspapers, complete with fake ads, corny jokes, sensational headlines, and tabloid-style writing, but lacking in some important basics. Transfusion is covered, but without a word on AIDS; the miracle of antibiotics makes news, but not the development of antibiotic-resistant strains; the development of X rays sees print, but not the problems associated with radiation. In other words, this is a classic journalistic whitewash, with all the glories of medical discoveries, but none of the disgraces. The format, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations, is elaborate, but the content is weak. (index, not seen, diagrams, charts, chronology) (Nonfiction. 8-10) -- Copyright �1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-7?These "special edition" newspapers present factual information in fictionalized, condensed news capsules with first-person accounts, interviews, announcements, letters to the editor, cartoons, and humorous advertisements for such items as live-ant wound closers, Inuit winter wear, handmade mechanical arms, urine bottles (pee pots), leeches, cholera kits, and baths for a Roman villa. The books are colorfully illustrated throughout, with drawings covering the earlier time periods and photographs for more modern coverage. Lively headlines such as "Cortes Conquers," "Terror Sweeps Europe" (about the Black Death), and "Escape from Death" (use of penicillin to save lives in World War II) entice readers into the articles. The journalistic format makes these titles less useful for reports, although they are great for creating interest and providing an overview. Good choice for curious browsers.?Eunice Weech, M. L. King Elementary School, Urbana, IL
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