The History Channel Presents: Mavericks, Miracles and Medicine (2-DVD Set, 200-minutes) | 
 enlarge | Category: DVD
Buy New: $79.95
Sales Rank: 130713
Format: Ntsc, Color, Dvd-video
Language: English (Unknown)
Region: 0
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 200 Minutes
EAN: 7869362966620
ASIN: B001G7JSRC
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Product Description
The arsenals of today's hospitals are filled with complex and technologically sophisticated tests and treatments that, only a generation ago, would have been the exclusive province of science fiction. Bionic limbs, lasers used to restore sight to the blind, surgery on fetuses test which can visualize the genesis of a hallucination in the brain of a schizophrenic patient. How are these things possible? What medical breakthroughs were the stepping stones that brought us to today's miracles? This documentary shows us how the breakthroughs of modern medicine were forged throughout the history of humanity. Disc ONE includes detailed medical and historical data on human heart, transplants, and history of medicine, as well as a viewer may undergo a surgery with a patient who is hoping to save his life. Disc TWO includes detailed information on human brain and its' structure, as well as the second part of the documentary tells us about infectious diseases. This documentary is an outstanding source of information for a medical student or anyone who is interested in developing a better insight and knowledge about the structure and functions of their body and about the history of medicine, as well as about the limits and capabilities of contemporary medicine.
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