| Description |
425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
From abandonment to the idea of healing -- The doctor-patient relationship -- The Hippocratic corpus -- The discovery of microscopic life -- The medical encounter and the history of the present illness -- Galenic medicine -- On the Frabric of the Human Body by Andreas Vesalius -- The physical examination -- To see for oneself at the autopsy -- On the Motion of the Heart by William Harvey -- Diagnostic x-ray examinations -- Observations and Experiments on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion by William Beaumont -- "Nervism" and the integration of the organ systems -- "Chemical Messengers" and the discovery of hormones -- The germ theory of disease -- Smallpox vaccination -- Aspirin -- The initiation of insulin therapy -- Florence Nightingale and modern nursing -- The development of sewage systems -- Public works and health -- Paul Ehrlich's "magic bullets" -- Eradication of smallpox by the World Health Organization -- Gregor Mendel's discovery of genetics -- Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA in pus -- Oswald Theodore Avery uncovers the function of DNA -- The structure of DNA is elucidated by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin -- The genetic code -- |
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Tropical medicine --Microscopes -- The fool of pest -- Contraception -- George Seldes leads the fight to deal with tobacco-related illness -- Penicillin -- the development of surgical anesthesia -- Blood transfusion -- Modern surgical techniques -- The control of polio -- Cardiac catheterization and related techniques -- Cholesterol and the metabolic basis of cardiovascular disease -- Lab rats tango in the Bronx - the development of radioimmunoassay -- the discovery of viruses -- Retroviruses and oncogenes -- Koch's postulates -- Victory at C and the concept of vitamins -- Carbolic acid wound dressing -- Dentistry -- The relaxing factor that led to Viagra -- Advanced imaging techniques -- Immunological tolerance and rejection -- Solid organ transplantation -- Kidney Transplantation -- Liver transplantation -- Heart transplantation -- Bone marrow transplantation -- ancient and early surgery -- The development of medical subspecialties -- The development of surgical subspecialties -- Minimally invasive surgery -- Birthing care -- Hospitals -- |
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Coronary care and other intensive care units -- Streptomycin and control of tuberculosis -- Digitalis -- The pneumococcus from hell and understanding antiobiotic resistance -- The development of antiviral drugs and cures for childhood leukemia -- Chemotherapy for malignant disease -- Therapeutic radiation -- Rita Levi-Montalcini discovers nerve growth factor -- Hemodialysis -- Restoration of vision with cataract and retinal surgery -- Understanding retroviruses and the treatment of AIDS -- The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -- The human genome project -- Gene therapy -- The electrocardiogram -- Mitochondrial function and disease -- Freud and the realization of the unconscious mind -- Group and family therapy -- Twelve-step programs and the treatment of addictive behavior -- Methadone maintenance treatment -- Treatment of schizophrenia -- Treatment of depression -- |
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Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard, and the protection of experimental subjects -- Tissue culture -- Understanding alcohol and health -- Preprofessional healthcare and the development of Fee-for-Service -- Socialized medicine -- Single-payer systems -- The fight to open medicine to women and minorities -- Health maintenance organizations -- Preventive medicine -- Refuse disposal -- Recalled to life by physical and occupational therapy -- The molecular biology of learning and memory -- Neonatology and gerontology -- In vitro fertilization and blastocyst selection -- Stem cells and regenerative medicine -- Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trials -- Patient advocacy |
| Summary |
This book is an introduction to some of the ideas, people, and accomplishments that have influenced the development of healing. While it examines and celebrates human ingenuity's most hallowed ground |
| Analysis |
Medical science |
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History |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medicine -- History.
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Medical innovations -- History.
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History of Medicine.
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History of Medicine.
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History, 20th Century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Straus, Alex, author
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| LC no. |
2005027624 |
| ISBN |
1591023734 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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