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The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine / edited by Stephen Lock, John Last, and George M. Dunea ; emeritus editors, John Walton, Paul B. Beeson, Jeremiah A. Barondess.
Holman Biotech Commons R121 .O884 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Dictionaries.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Biography.
- Medicine--Biography--Dictionaries.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 889 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Boasting over 500 illustrations, this volume offers a kaleidoscopic account of the current state and past history of the medical, nursing, and allied health sciences. From alchemy to AIDS, and from snakebite to ultrasound, this wide ranging reference travels both the main avenues and fascinating byways of medicine.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The Oxford medical companion / edited by John Walton (Lord Walton of Detchant), Jeremiah A. Barondess, and Stephen Lock.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the President Emeritus Martin Meyerson Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0192629506
- OCLC:
- 46678589
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