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Summary: Medical Technology
Review: In the book Medical Technology, a person can find when the very first successful surgery took place witch is covered in the first chapter all the way to medical imaging to the last chapter. Through out the book one will find the history of medical discoveries to just recent discoveries found in the twentieth century. Each chapter talks about one specific way medicine was changed because of the experimentation and invention of a man, or men, whose work is chronicled here. The narrative reads smoothly and is not so technical as to deter average readers. Chapters end with a chronology tracing the breakthrough from the first small steps to its acceptance into general usage. There are also chapter-by-chapter lists for further reading, Web site addresses, and source notes. Black-and-white photos add interest and diagrams help to clarify some of the more technical explanations.
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Summary: Medical Technology
Review: In the book Medical Technology, a person can find when the very first successful surgery took place witch is covered in the first chapter all the way to medical imaging to the last chapter. Through out the book one will find the history of medical discoveries to just recent discoveries found in the twentieth century. For those who are really thinking about getting into the field of medical tech then you should consider this book with its descriptive chapters and easy to follow format. Yount presents information on the discovery or invention and development of anesthesia, antiseptics, X rays, blood transfusions, artificial and human organ transplants, and medical imaging techniques. Each chapter concludes with an bibolography and a source. The audience is definetly for an older audience to understand but for teens the'll get the picture. Overall this book is'nt a bad buy but you can definetly find much more detailed and in depth into the world of medical technology for those out there going into a type of medical feild
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