The Great Doctors
Author | : Henry Ernest Sigerist |
Publisher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henry Ernest Sigerist |
Publisher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sherwin B. Nuland |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 547 |
Release | : 2011-10-19 |
Genre | : 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 | : Sherwin B. Nuland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Medicine |
ISBN | : 9781598030297 |
Presents lectures delivered by Sherman B. Nuland, concerning the history of the development of Western scientific medicine, set against character studies of twelve of the greatest physicians since classical times.
Author | : Henry E (Henry Ernest) 18 Sigerist |
Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781014488770 |
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Author | : Roy Porter |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 874 |
Release | : 1999-10-17 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0393242447 |
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).
Author | : Thomas Söderqvist |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2016-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317028902 |
Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.
Author | : John Hudson Tiner |
Publisher | : New Leaf Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 1999-04-01 |
Genre | : 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 | : Brendan Reilly |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2013-09-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1476726299 |
"A first-person narrative that takes readers inside the medical profession as one doctor solves real-life medical mysteries"--Provided by publisher.