Medical Firsts
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Medical Firsts

From Hippocrates to the Human Genome

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Medical Firsts

From Hippocrates to the Human Genome

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An exploration of medical discoveries-from the ancient Greeks to the present
"Always help, or at least do no harm." Following this simple yet revolutionary idea, Hippocrates laid the foundation for modern medicine over two millennia ago. From the Hippocratic Oath to the human genome, from Pasteur's germ theory to the worldwide eradication of smallpox, Medical Firsts brings to life 2, 500 years of medical advances and discoveries. Organized chronologically, the book describes each milestone in a vivid capsule history, making it a fascinating and wonderfully readable resource for anyone interested in medicine's past progress and future promise.
Robert E. Adler, PhD (Santa Rosa, CA) has worked as a psychologist and science journalist. He writes about a wide variety of scientific and medical topics for New Scientist, Nature, and other publications and is the author of Science Firsts (0-471-40174-9).

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Publisher
Trade Paper Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780470313893
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Hippocrates: A Principle and a Method
  9. 2 Herophilus and Erasistratus: The Light That Failed
  10. 3 Marcus Varro: The Germ of an Idea
  11. 4 Soranus: The Birthing Doctor
  12. 5 Galen of Pergamon: Combative Genius
  13. 6 The Enlightened Mind of Abu Bakr al-Razi
  14. 7 Ibn al-Nafis: Galen’s Nemesis
  15. 8 Paracelsus: Renaissance Rebel
  16. 9 Andreas Vesalius: Driven to Dissection
  17. 10 Johann Weyer: A Voice of Sanity in an Insane World
  18. 11 William Harvey and the Movements of the Heart
  19. 12 Edward Jenner: A Friend of Humanity
  20. 13 Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On: The Discovery of Anesthesia
  21. 14 Antisepsis: Awakening from a Nightmare
  22. 15 The Quiet Dr. Snow
  23. 16 Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease
  24. 17 Out of the Corner of His Eye: Roentgen Discovers X-rays
  25. 18 Sigmund Freud’s Dynamic Unconscious
  26. 19 Beyond Bacteria: Ivanovsky’s Discovery of Viruses
  27. 20 The Prepared Mind of Alexander Fleming
  28. 21 Margaret Sanger and the Pill
  29. 22 Organ Transplantation: A Legacy of Life
  30. 23 A Baby’s Cry: The Birth of In Vitro Fertilization
  31. 24 Humanity Eradicates a Disease—Smallpox—for the First Time
  32. 25 Cannibals, Kuru, and Mad Cows: A New Kind of Plague
  33. 26 Self, Nonself, and Danger: Deciphering the Immune System
  34. 27 Discovery Can’t Wait: Deciding the Human Genome
  35. 28 Into the Future
  36. References and Further Reading
  37. Index