Medical Marvels (A Crafty Inventions Book)

Bailey, Gerry

ISBN 10: 1904668755 / ISBN 13: 9781904668756

Published by Mercury Books, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medical Marvels (A Crafty Inventions Book)
• Publisher: Mercury Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904668755
• ISBN 13: 9781904668756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Boulter, Steve
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Describes several inventions and scientific discoveries including pain killers, pumps, bacteriology, and super rays, and includes arts and crafts activities for children.

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