| Description |
1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Alhazen. Madness to Mosque -- Further Reading -- 2: Apple. Ocular Pathology and David J. Apple -- Further Reading -- 3: Atropos. The Terrible Daughter -- Further Reading -- 4: Auenbrugger. Thumping to Tapping -- Further Reading -- 5: Bach. God Listens When the Angels Play Bach -- Further Reading -- 6: Barbieri. Il Guercino (The Cross-Eyed) -- Further Reading -- 7: Berger. A Tiny Space with Big Implications -- Further Reading -- 8: Biometry. Calculating the Human Eye -- Further Reading -- 9: Bleuler. From "Madness" to Modern Psychiatry |
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Further Reading -- 10: Borodin: Science, Music and the Eye -- Further Reading -- 11: Brandström. The Angel of Siberia -- Further Reading -- 12: Braille. Braille Brings "Light" into Darkness -- Further Reading -- 13: Bruegel. Art, the Bible and the Blind -- Further Reading -- 14: Cassatt. An Insight into Her Eyesight -- Further Reading -- 15: Chinin: Famous Men and the Lady -- Further Reading -- 16: Couching Cataracts: Just push it down! -- Further Reading -- 17: Credé. Credé, a Baby, and Silver Nitrate -- Further Reading -- 18: Diabetes. A New Life -- Further Reading |
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19: Doyle. Crime and Medicine -- Further Reading -- 20: Dunant. From Riches to Rags -- Further Reading -- 21: Ether. The Birth of Modern Anesthesia: The Death of Friendships -- Further Reading -- 22: Eye Banking. Eye Banking and the Lions -- Further Reading -- 23: Fercher. A Quantum Leap in Modern Cataract Surgery -- Further Reading -- 24: Finger Print. Your Skin and Your Identity -- Further Reading -- 25: Football for the Blind. If You Hear "Voy!" Watch Out! -- Further Reading -- 26: Franklin. From Reading Stones to Bifocals -- Further Reading |
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27: Glass Eyes. Sammy Davies Jr, Peter Falk, and Dr. Heinrich Adelmann: What do they have in common? -- Further Reading -- 28: Goethe. Genius Gone Wrong? -- Further Reading -- 29: Guide Dogs. The Four-Footed Eyes of the Blind -- Further Reading -- 30: El Greco. A Hundred Years of Fallacies -- Further Reading -- 31: Gullstrand. Ophthalmologist Wins Nobel Prize -- Further Reading -- 32: Gustav II. Adolf. Myopia, Oh My! -- Further Reading -- 33: Haidinger. The Mystery in the Eye -- Haidinger and the Vikings -- Further Reading -- 34: Haldane. Blood and Breath -- Further Reading |
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35: Hales. The Doctor and His Horse -- Further Reading -- 36: Halsted. A Glove for Love -- Further Reading -- 37: Helmholtz. How to "See" the Back of the Eye -- Further Reading -- 38: Hysteria. Hysteria and the Hammer -- Further Reading -- 39: IOL Material. A Cloudy World is Cleared -- Further Reading -- 40: IOL Power Calculation -- Further Reading -- 41: Iry. Egypt 2400 BCE: Iry -- The First Known Ophthalmologist -- Further Reading -- 42: Jersey. 33 Meters Below the Surface -- Further Reading -- 43: Jung-Stilling. The Castle, the Ghost and, the Ophthalmologist -- Further Reading |
| Summary |
This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: "You have to know the past to understand the present." This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in the field, inspires curiosity and provides a detailed look at the History of Medicine. It investigates many topics, including ancient Egyptian knowledge, the fundamental importance of toothache and how it birthed Anesthesia, and why and when women were allowed to run marathons. The authors report on the background of rubber gloves, the stethoscope and the intraocular lens. Historically important biographies are included, such as those of Arthur Conan Doyle, Napoleon Bonaparte and Claude Monet. The book is relevant for those interested in Medicine and its curious history. |
| Notes |
44: Kirschner. The Pain Went Away |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 9, 2023) |
| Subject |
Medicine -- History.
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Medicine -- Miscellanea -- History
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History of Medicine
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history of medicine.
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Medicine
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Medicine -- Miscellanea
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Becker, M. (Myriam)
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MacMorris, Lee
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Langenbucher, Achim
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| ISBN |
9783031140020 |
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3031140028 |
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