Medical Marvels (A Crafty Inventions Book) - Hardcover

Bailey, Gerry

9781904668756: Medical Marvels (A Crafty Inventions Book)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904668755 ISBN 13: 9781904668756

Publisher: Mercury Books, 2005

The world of medicine is on the move and a host of medical marvels are just around the corner! Jenner’s vaccine helps wipe out smallpox for ever; Lister’s discovery of antiseptic and Pasteur’s pasteurisation process knock germs on the head, once and for all! The invention of pacemakers sets many worn-out hearts beating again. Find out how they came into being, then put on your mad scientist’s mask and make a funky stethoscope, a mega syringe, a mechanical heart, a pair of snapping jitter-jaws - and a gruesome array of vile viruses and beastly bacteria.

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Review:

This British book is one of a series called Crafty Inventions. The play on words is deliberate. A question is asked, then a medical invention to answer the question is historically described, and a craft to understand it follows. False teeth, vaccination, and pacemakers are among the medical marvels. For example, "Can you see inside a person's brain?" the text asks in reference to CAT scanners. The craft is to make a decorative brain scan. It is happily illustrated with cartoon figures, not a sick person in sight. The book's pace is rapid, and the medical marvels seem to be in particular order. Still, it will stimulate teachers and children to study the medical advances of modern life. The glossary of medical terms and an index are combined, and words in the glossary are in blue type throughout the text. -- The Bloomsbury Review --January/ February 2006

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