The Medicine Book Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Medicine Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK is an illustrated reference that traces more than 90 key ideas and breakthroughs in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies and humoral theory to modern drugs, IVF, gene manipulation and responses to global challenges such as COVID‑19 and antibiotic resistance. Written in plain English, it answers big questions—how illnesses are diagnosed, what cancer is, why some pandemics are so deadly using pithy explanations, quotes, diagrams and witty illustrations that cut through jargon and show how each discovery changed medical practice and human health.