Great Discoveries in Medicine

Helen and William Bynum

Wednesday 20 June 2012, 6.15PM

Speaker(s): William and Helen Bynum

Great Discoveries in Medicine is an account of the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to today’s latest technology.

From letting blood to keyhole surgery, or the theory of humours to the genetic revolution, this book shows what progress has been made through history.

William and Helen Bynum, have brought together a distinguished team of experts to explain medicine’s turning points and conceptual changes.

William Bynum is professor emeritus of the history of medicine at University College London. Helen Bynum is the author of Tropical Medicine in the 20th Century and co-editor of the OUP Biographies of Disease series.

Admission: by free ticket only, available from yorkfestivalofideas.com/tickets

Location: Bowland Lecture Theatre, Berrick Saul Building, University of York

Meet the featured author at a book-signing following the talk courtesy of Blackwell's.