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Author
Publisher
AV2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In 1982, Willem Kolff and Robert Jarvik invented the first artificial heart used for long periods of time in humans. The first patient to receive the heart lived 112 days. Today, patients can live for years with an artificial heart. Discover more in Artificial Organs, a title in the STEM and the Human Body series.
2) Gene editing
Author
Publisher
AV2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Gene editing allows doctors to add or remove genes to stop certain problems in the human body. As a new technology, gene is still in the early stages of research. It might one day help doctors treat or even cure many genetic diseases. Discover more in Gene Editing, a title in the STEM and the Human Body series.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"From X-rays to penicillin antibiotics, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest inventions in medicine. Get to know the scientists responsible for these breakthroughs, and explore science in action."-- Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Earle Dickson and his new bride Josephine begin their lives together. The end. (Not really. There's more.) Josephine has a proclivity for injuring herself. Earle attaches cotton to long strips of adhesive tape, telling Josephine to cut off a length when she needs one. Since Earle works as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, he shares his idea. They're a big hit.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals can help you feel better when you are sick. Robots can too. They check up on patients, help paralyzed people move again, and even perform surgery. Informational text, fascinating facts, and full-color images tell the story of how robots are helping transform medicine. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary.
Author
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"This title presents the history of medicine. Vivid text details how early studies of anatomy and circulation led to robotic surgery and heart transplants. It also puts a spotlight on the brilliant scientists who made these advances possible."--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"Modern health care must stay on the cutting edge if the field expects to keep up with ever more difficult demands, as new health conditions crop up and populations becomes older. The newest diagnostic machines, network infrastructures, and surgical tools are examined in this work, which also imparts crucial guidance to future health care workers who will have to acclimate to and master them. This instructive title explains how tech augments care,...
10) Stem cells
Author
Publisher
AV2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Explores the discovery and uses for stem cells"--
12) Emergency care
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
This book explores the many advancements that have occurred in emergency care.
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The McElroys break down the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare, and introduce readers to some of the terrifying detours-- and dead ends-- along the way. While you may never even consider applying boiled weasel to your forehead (once the height of sophistication when it came to headache cures), you will almost certainly face some questionable medical advice in your everyday life. This rollicking journey through thousands of years of...
19) Medical Marvels
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Phineas Gage's brain was impaled with an iron rod. Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim were born joined together at the head. Diamond Excel lived for many years without arms.
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