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A bold and challenging reassessment of medical history from its origins to the present, covering 2300 years of mistakes and malpractice. Includes a new epilogue by the author in response to critics of the acclaimed but controversial hardback edition.
A bold and challenging reassessment of medical history from its origins to the present, covering 2300 years of mistakes and malpractice. Includes a new epilogue by the author in response to critics of the acclaimed but controversial hardback edition.
Über den Autor
David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely in early modern intellectual history, particularly on the history of political thought, and is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction: Bad Medicine/Better Medicine
- Part I: The Hippocratic Tradition
- 1: Hippocrates and Galen
- 2: Ancient Anatomy
- 3: The Canon
- 4: The Senses
- Conclusion to Part I: The Placebo Effect
- Part II: Revolution Postponed
- 5: Vesalius and Dissection
- 6: Harvey and Vivisection
- 7: The Invisible World
- Conclusion to Part II: Trust Not the Physician
- Part III: Modern Medicine
- 8: Counting
- 9: Birth of the Clinic
- 10: The Laboratory
- 11: John Snow and Colera
- 12: Puerperal Fever
- 13: Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery
- 14: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin
- Conclusion to Part III: Progress Delayed
- Part Four: After Contagion
- 15: Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer
- 16: Death Deferred
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: in response to the critics
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
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Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780199212798 |
ISBN-10: | 0199212791 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wootton, David |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 197 x 129 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Wootton |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.11.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,359 kg |
Über den Autor
David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely in early modern intellectual history, particularly on the history of political thought, and is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction: Bad Medicine/Better Medicine
- Part I: The Hippocratic Tradition
- 1: Hippocrates and Galen
- 2: Ancient Anatomy
- 3: The Canon
- 4: The Senses
- Conclusion to Part I: The Placebo Effect
- Part II: Revolution Postponed
- 5: Vesalius and Dissection
- 6: Harvey and Vivisection
- 7: The Invisible World
- Conclusion to Part II: Trust Not the Physician
- Part III: Modern Medicine
- 8: Counting
- 9: Birth of the Clinic
- 10: The Laboratory
- 11: John Snow and Colera
- 12: Puerperal Fever
- 13: Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery
- 14: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin
- Conclusion to Part III: Progress Delayed
- Part Four: After Contagion
- 15: Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer
- 16: Death Deferred
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: in response to the critics
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780199212798 |
ISBN-10: | 0199212791 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wootton, David |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 197 x 129 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Wootton |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.11.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,359 kg |
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