num_pages: 48
description: The world of medicine is on the move and a host of medical marvels are just around the corner Jenner's vaccine helps wipe out smallpox for ever; Lister's discovery of antiseptic and Pasteur's pasteurisation process knock germs on the head, once and for all The invention of pacemakers sets many worn-out hearts beating again. Find out how they came into being, then put on your mad scientist's mask and make a funky stethoscope, a mega syringe, a mechanical heart, a pair of snapping jitter-jaws - and a gruesome array of vile viruses and beastly bacteria.
language: English
title: Medical Marvels
titlecomplete: Medical Marvels (Crafty Inventions)
ratings_count: 2
series: Crafty Inventions
publisher: Mercury Books