Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 2001-07-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521002523
An authoritative and accessible illustrated introduction to medical history.
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 2006-06-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521864267
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.
Author : Irvine Loudon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199248131
Follows the advance of western medicine from ancient Greece, through the contributions of the great Islamic physicians, to modern day miracles such as antibiotics, CAT scans and organ transplants. Highlighting the great medical discoveries, contributors cover such topics as the relationship in the Renaissance between medicine and art, the tension between the church and an increasingly secularized medical professional class, epidemics and the geography of disease, and changing attitudes towards childbirth, mental disease, and the doctor-patient relationship. c. Book News Inc.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0744034655
See the greatest medical breakthroughs come to life through superb illustrations! From ancient herbal medicine to traditional Chinese medicine, take a visual tour throughout the history of medicine with this comprehensive medical reference book. Discover medicine through time! Here’s what you’ll find in this illustrated history book about medicine: • Offers a broad and accessible visual history of medicine — from the first herbal remedies to efforts surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic • Intriguing narratives are illustrated with photographs, paintings and artifacts • Offers a vivid, compelling and informative read written in an engaging and colourful style • Excerpts from documents, diaries and notebooks offer fascinating eyewitness accounts This medicine history book charts fascinating developments in diagnosis, surgery, healing and drugs through the ages. Feature spreads explore key medical concepts in detail and enhance the reader’s understanding of human anatomy, surgical instruments and medical developments. Clear diagrams explain major diseases like cancer, and trace the progression of medical treatment through time, from ancient healing arts to scurvy and smallpox to modern psychiatry. Double-page features tell the story of the men and women involved in the extraordinary evolutions of this scientific field — from Hippocrates to Florence Nightingale. It's the perfect book for medical professionals, students of medicine or anyone with a keen interest in medicine, science or social history.
Author : TJ Hinrichs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 18,45 MB
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0674047370
In covering the subject of Chinese medicine, this book addresses topics such as oracle bones, the treatment of women, fertility and childbirth, nutrition, acupuncture, and Qi as well as examining Chinese medicine as practiced globally in places such as Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Korea, and the United States.
Author : Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 13,41 MB
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307807894
From the author of How We Die, the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine, told through the lives of the physician-scientists who paved the way. How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant collection of linked life portraits, the theory bears little resemblance to the truth. Through the centuries, the men and women who have shaped the world of medicine have been not only very human, but also very much the products of their own times and places. Presenting compelling studies of great medical innovators and pioneers, Doctors gives us a fascinating history of modern medicine. Ranging from the legendary Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, to Andreas Vesalius, whose Renaissance masterwork on anatomy offered invaluable new insight into the human body, to Helen Taussig, founder of pediatric cardiology and co-inventor of the original "blue baby" operation, here is a volume filled with the spirit of ideas and the thrill of discovery.
Author : Albert S. Lyons
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 24,22 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN : 9788205173132
Author : Albert S. Lyons
Publisher : Abradale Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Over 1,000 illustrations including 260 plates in full color enhance this extra-ordinary record of human achievement in the healing arts that offers the most complete and up-to-date treatment of a wondrous subject.
Author : John Hudson Tiner
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1614581517
From surgery to vaccines, man has made great strides in the field of medicine. Quality of life has improved dramatically in the last few decades alone, and the future is bright. But students must not forget that God provided humans with minds and resources to bring about these advances. A biblical perspective of healing and the use of medicine provides the best foundation for treating diseases and injury. In Exploring the World of Medicine, author John Hudson Tiner reveals the spectacular discoveries that started with men and women who used their abilities to better mankind and give glory to God. The fascinating history of medicine comes alive in this book, providing students with a healthy dose of facts, mini-biographies, and vintage illustrations. Includes chapter tests and index.
Author : Gordon Cook
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080559395
This superbly illustrated work provides short accounts of the lives and scientific contributions of all of the major pioneers of Tropical Medicine. Largely biographical, the stories discussed enlighten a new generation of scientists to the advances made by their predecessors. Written by Gordon Cook, contributor to the hugely popular Manson’s Tropical Diseases, this report discusses the pioneers themselves and offers a global accounting of their experiences at the onset of the discipline.
