Medicine
Franklin Watts Ltd
978-0-7496-1083-8 (ISBN)
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Part of a series showing how basic elements of our civilization have been developed from their earliest beginnings to the present, with examples of innovation and evolution from many countries. New discoveries are related to the social and political needs that inspired them and to the technologies that made them possible. This book presents the history of medicine from witch doctors to spare-part surgery.
Early medicine and magic - trepanning, witchdoctors, medicine men, surgery, mummification, acupuncture; the Greeks - the four humours, blood-letting, purging, Hippocrates, Aristotle, Epidaurus, Asclepius; the Romans - Galen, cupping, sanitation, hospitals, public baths; Islamic medicine - Rhazes, cataract operations, smallpox, pharmacies; the Dark Ages - religion, Cosmas and Damian, pilgrimages, herbal remedies; plague - Black Death, medical schools, lepers, uroscopy, trepanning; the Renaissance - thermometers, Vesalius, Padua's anatomy theatre, "Mary Rose"; 16th & 17th centuries - Leyden, blood circulation, Paracelsus, microscopes; the 18th century - medical students in Edinburgh, smallpox, body-snatchers, vaccination; the scientists - ether anaesthetic, stethoscope, leeches, blood transfusion, Pasteur, disinfectants, x-rays; mental health - evil spirits, asylums, whirling eages, bedlam, Freud, counselling, drugs, community care; dentistry - Etruscan false teeth, pulling teeth, anaesthetics, gum disease, ultrasound, fluoride implants; medicine and war - flying ambulances, naval surgeons, Florence Nightingale, antibiotics, trench hospitals; drugs - magic bullets, penicillin, insulin, plastic surgery, vitamins, American drugstores; hospital care - polio, British National Health Service, nursing care; pregnancy and childbirth - midwives, natural childbirth, infant death, Caesarian section, Semmelweiss, breastfeeding; alternative medicine - herbalism, homeopathy, reflexology, acupuncture, Lourdes; the 1950s and 1960s - Crick and Watson, ultrasound, kidney dialysis, mammography, heart transplant; 1970 to 1979 - Gambia, malnutrition, amniocentesis, in vitro fertilization; surgery - imaging techniques, CT scanning, cosmetic surgery, genetic research; medicine today - cancer, heart disease, health education, overpopulations, AIDS, smoking, drinking; the future - greenhouse effect, DNA technology, vaccines, cryogenics; timeline.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.3.1993 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Timelines |
| Zusatzinfo | illustrations, chart, glossary, index |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 291 mm |
| Gewicht | 524 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7496-1083-2 / 0749610832 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7496-1083-8 / 9780749610838 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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