Edward Shorter
Nuland, Sherwin B.
Book Description "An erudite history of medicine...a welcome addition to any medical collection." -- Booklist 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 people but also very much the products of their own times and places. Presenting compelling studies of great medical innovators and pioneers, Doctors gives us the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine -- told through the lives of the physician-scientists whose deeds and determination paved the way. 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. Says The New York Times, "Doctors can be warmly recommended. Dr. Nuland succeeds in bringing his subjects vividly to life, and he leaves you with a much better understanding of what they achieved." "Eloquent, informed, deeply committed." -- Los Angeles Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Ingram The best-selling author of How We Die chronicles the history of medicine through profiles of important physicians and research scientists and reviews key medical theories and pioneering advances. Reissue. NYT. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Baldwin, Neil
From Booklist The Wizard of Menlo Park always attracted a great deal of press and biographical attention because his inventions--the lightbulb, microphone, phonograph, moving pictures--appeared nigh miraculous. Edison himself hated the Merlin-like moniker, claiming only to have been a diligent man. Baldwin agrees he was--and reports that at 65, Thomas Alva Edison worked a 112-hour week. Domestically, Edison was not so successful. Thomas Jr. became so estranged from his celebrated father that he dropped the surname and skulked about under various aliases. And Edison cut off relations with a daughter who had married an officer in the kaiser's army. Was Edison a flawed father or titanic exemplar of self-made individualism? Baldwin eschews categorical conclusions and rather invites the curious into Edison's homes, labs, and factories where they can make their own inspection. Libraries without any Edison biography (the last, by Wyn Wachhorst, is 15 years old and o.p.) should seriously consider this one, completely researched and ably executed. Gilbert Taylor From Book News, Inc. An account of the life of inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931), focusing on his intellectual contributions, his absorption in his work, the mythology that developed and was cultivated about him, and the cultural context in which he produced his inventions. B&w illustrations. Originally published in 1995 by Hyperion, New York.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Ford, Norman
Didsbury, Jr. Howard F.
About the Author Howard F. Didsbury, Jr. is director of special projects for the World Future Society and professor emeritus of history, Kean College of New Jersey. He has written or edited more than a dozen books about the future. Product Description: This collection of papers prepared for the World Future Society's Ninth General Assembly presents long-range visions by outstanding thinkers, such as John Diebold on "The Need for New Paradigms"; Joseph N. Pelton on "From Noosphere to Technospere and Beyond"; William Crossman on "CompSpeak 2050: How Talking Computers Will Recreate an Oral Culture by Mid-21st Century" and Robert B. Mellert on "The Future of God."
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Includes bibliographies and index. Before Florence Nightingale / Natalie Boymel Kampen -- Image or reality? / Rima D. Apple -- The architecture of nursing / Karen Kingsley -- Images of the nurse in fiction and popular culture / Lesle A. Fiedler -- Nurses -- Kathryn Montgomery Hunter -- A special relationship / Barbara Melosh -- Votaries of life / Joanne Trautmann Banks -- They shall mount up with wings as eagles / Darlene Clark Hine -- Of images and ideals / Janet Muff -- The White angel (1936) / Anne Hudson Jones.
Stone, John
Ingram In the tradition of Oliver Sacks and Lewis Thomas comes this fascinating book of essays about the two hearts that beat in all of us--the literal one and its fraternal twin, the metaphorical heart. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Black, Douglas
Bibliography: p. 198-205. Includes index.
Thomas, Lewis
Dublin Seminar
Reiser, Stanley Joel
Book Description Based chiefly on material from primary sources, this book describes some technological advances made in the art and practice of medicine during the past three centuries and shows how these advances have altered the methods of diagnosing illness.
Lyons, Albert S.
Ingram An extraordinary pictorial history of medicine, this comprehensive reference traces the growth and organization of the medical profession through its social, political, and historical backgrounds. Documents, drawings, and wall paintings from every place and period are effectively used.
Selzer, Richard
Bakken, Earl
Bird, Christopher
Ingram The dramatic story of a biologist's revolutionary discoveries--including a curative treatment for cancer, AIDS, and other degenerative diseases--and his persecution by the medical establishment. Christopher Bird attended the entire trial of Gaston Naessens.
Stutzman, Esther M. (Editor)
Bibliography: p. [267]-268.
Ehrenreich, Barbara
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by FGP This dandy little booklet quickly and concisely explains why it is that 93% of the doctors in this country are men even though women make up 70% of all healthcare workers. If you assumed that men are the doctors because they were the pioneers of the healing arts, then this booklet will open your eyes. Barbara Ehrenrich and Deirdre English show how, for reasons of class politics, women's suppression and naked greed, wealthy men discredited, persecuted and outright killed the wisewomen healers, leaving themselves to be the sole practitioners of their "scientific" medicine. The information presented here gives a whole new perspective to medical history and points to some of the causes underlying our current healthcare mess. Excerpted from Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich & Deidre English (as appears in The WomanSource Catalog & Review). Copyright(c) 1973. Reprinted by permission, all rights reserved Confronted with a sick person, the university-trained physician had little to go on but superstition. Bleeding was a common practice, especially in the case of wounds. Leeches were applied according to the time, the hour, the air, and other similar considerations....Incantations and quasi-religious rituals were thought to be effective....Such was the state of medical "science" at the time when witch-healers were persecuted for being practitioners of "magic". It was witches who developed an extensive understanding of bones and muscles, herbs and drugs, while physicians were still deriving their prognoses from astrology and alchemists were trying to turn lead into gold. So great was the witches' knowledge that in 1527, Paracelsus, considered the "father of modern medicine," burned his text on pharmaceuticals, confessing that he "had learned from the Sorceress all he knew."
Sargent, William
From Publishers Weekly While the blood of the horseshoe crab produces a sensitive diagnostic test for flue vaccine and spinal meningitis, this ancient animal has also contributed to studies in neurobiology, vision and the functioning of antibodies; the sea urchin adds to our understanding of cystic fibrosis; and the flounder appears to be an indicator species for detecting carcinogens in coastal waters. Such primitive marine animalstheir cellular structures and embryological developmenthave become valuable tools in biomedical research as the focus of studies of human physiology, writes the author. Sargent (Shallow Waters: A Year on Cape Cod's Pleasant Bay examines the life histories of these and other creatures. He also takes us to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., where scientists are working to find a check or cure for arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS and other diseases. The book is an engrossing blend of natural history and medical research. Sargent notes research difficulties: for example, a 50% mortality in drawing blood from horseshoe crabs. There has been a sharp increase in commercial squid fishing, and he raises the possibility of ``farming'' these animals to insure a stable supply. Illustrations not seen by PW. Copyright 1987 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Thomas, Lewis
Ingram A doctor's fascinating view of what medicine was, and what it has become. Thomas first learned about medicine by watching his father practice in an era when doctors comforted rather than healed. Looking back upon his experiences as a medical student, young doctor, and senior researcher, Thomas notes that medicine is now rich in possibility and promise. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.