The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine

Author(s): Francis Rolt-wheeler

Genre(s): Medical, Science, Social Science (culture & Anthropology)

Narrators: Availle, JustinVeras, Farooq Mahmud, Cristina Najjar, Lori Arsenault, FriedToaster, TheIntern356, John Ruble, J. M. Smallheer, SherlHolmesMD, Madelyn Pauline

Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 09 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medicine written by Theodore H. Allen. An introduction to the Anthropology section was written by Frederick Starr. The section on Anthropology discusses its role in science, explains different human races, delved into prehistoric archaeology and further into the development of culture. The section on Medicine goes through medical knowledge from the ancients, Greeks, Romans, Arabians and all the way to the 17th to 19th century. It examined how these different eras affected the progress of medicine. - Summary by Sienna