THE MEDICAL BOOK, PICKOVER, HARDCOVER
THE MEDICAL BOOK, PICKOVER, HARDCOVER
Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology, and immunology, Pickover intersperses “obvious” historical milestones the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project with unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.