The medical book : from witch doctors to robot surgeons : 250 milestones in the history of medicine / Clifford A. Pickover.

Author/creator Pickover, Clifford A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Sterling Pub., ©2012.
Description527 pages : colored illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Medicine--History. --Chronology.
Medical sciences--History. --Chronology.
Medicine--History.
History of Medicine
Medicine.

Portion of title From witch doctors to robot surgeons
SeriesSterling milestones
Contents Introduction -- 10,000 B.C. : witch doctor -- 6500 B.C. : trepanation -- 4000 B.C. : urinalysis -- 3000 B.C. : sutures -- 2800 B.C. : glass eye -- 2400 B.C. : circumcision -- 2000 B.C. : ayurvedic medicine -- 1600 B.C. : Edwin Smith surgical papyrus -- 1500 B.C. : bloodletting -- 1000 B.C. : Greville Chester great toe -- 600 B.C : sewage systems -- 400 B.C. : Hippocratic oath -- 300 B.C. : Huangdi Neijing -- 100 B.C. : mithridatium and theriac -- 70 : abortion -- 70 Dioscorides's De Materia Medica -- 190 : Galenic writings -- 900 : Al-Razi's Comprehensive Book -- 1025 : Avicenna's Canon of Medicine -- 1161 : persecution of Jewish physicians -- 1210 : Barber pole -- 1242 : Al-Nafis's pulmonary circulation -- 1284 : eyeglasses -- 1346 : biological weapons -- 1510 : Leonardo's anatomical drawings -- 1522 : burning of Dr. Wertt -- 1527 : Paracelsus burns medical books -- 1543 : De Humani Corporis Fabrica -- 1545 : Pare's "rational surgery" -- 1552 : Eustachi's rescued masterpieces -- 1563 : De Praestigiis Daemonum -- 1564 : condom -- 1580 : obstetrical forceps -- 1597 : tissue grafting -- 1601 : acupuncture Compendium -- 1618 : drawings of Pietro da Cortona -- 1628 : circulatory system -- 1642 : murder and Wirsung's duct -- 1652 : lymphatic system -- 1664 : cranial nerves classified -- 1665 : Micrographia -- 1678 : discovery of sperm.
Contents 1679 : Brunner's glands -- 1683 : zoo within us -- 1687 : discovery of Sarcoptes Scabiei -- 1689 : separation of conjoined twins -- 1707 : pulse watch -- 1726 : Mary Toft's rabbits -- 1733 : Cheselden's Osteographia -- 1747 : Albinus's Tables of the human body -- 1753 : A Treatise on scurvy -- 1761 : autopsy -- 1761 : causes of cancer -- 1761 : Morgagni's "Cries of suffering organs" -- 1764 : cerebrospinal fluid -- 1772 : exploring the labyrinth -- 1774 : Hunter's Gravid Uterus -- 1784 : hospitals -- 1784 : Lavoisier's respiration -- 1785 : digitalis -- 1792 : ambulance -- 1793 : unchaining the lunatics -- 1796 : alternative medicine -- 1796 : phrenology -- 1798 : smallpox vaccination -- 1809 : cerebellum function -- 1811 : Bell-Magendie law -- 1812 : snow anesthesia -- 1812 : women medical students -- 1813 : hysterectomy -- 1816 : stethoscope -- 1817 : ligation of the abdominal aorta -- 1825 : leech therapy -- 1829 : blood transfusion -- 1830 : medical specialization -- 1832 : Anatomy Act of 1832 -- 1832 : intravenous saline solutions -- 1833 : observations of St. Martin's stomach -- 1842 : general anesthesia -- 1842 : The sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain -- 1846 : Panum's "measles on the Faroe Islands" -- 1846 : spirometry -- 1847 : American Medical Association -- 1847 : Semmelweis's hand washing -- 1848 : appendectomy -- 1850 : ophthalmoscope -- 1851 : plaster of Paris casts -- 1853 : hypodermic syringe -- 1854 : Broad Street pump handle -- 1854 : nursing -- 1855 : cell division -- 1857 : treatment of epilepsy -- 1858 : Gray's Anatomy -- 1861 : cerebral localization -- 1862 : germ theory of disease -- 1863 : Red Cross -- 1864 : denial drill.
Contents 1865 : antiseptics -- 1865 : Mendel's genetics -- 1866 : medical thermometer -- 1872 : thyroid surgery -- 1873 : cause of leprosy -- 1879 : modern brain surgery -- 1881 : sphygmomanometer -- 1882 : Cesarean section -- 1882 : Koch's tuberculosis lecture -- 1882 : phagocytosis theory -- 1883 : health insurance -- 1883 : salpingectomy -- 1884 : cocaine as local anesthetic -- 1890 : antitoxins -- 1890 : latex surgical gloves -- 1891 : neuron doctrine -- 1892 : discovery of viruses -- 1892 : osteopathy -- 1893 : discovery of adrenaline -- 1894 : cause of bubonic plague -- 1895 : D.D. Palmer and chiropractic -- 1895 : x-rays -- 1897 : cause of malaria -- 1899 : aspirin -- 1899 : defibrillator -- 1899 : hearing aids -- 1899 : psychoanalysis -- 1902 : Caduceus -- 1902 : chromosomal theory of inheritance -- 1902 : inborn errors of metabolism -- 1902 : cause of sleeping sickness -- 1902 : vascular suturing -- 1903 : electrocardiograph -- 1903 : radiation therapy -- 1904 : Halstedian surgery -- 1905 : corneal transplant -- 1905 : genes and sex determination -- 1906 : "analytic" vitamin discovery -- 1906 : allergies -- 1906 : Alzheimer's disease -- 1906 : Meat Inspection Act of 1906 -- 1906 : patent medicines -- 1906 : cause of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- 1907 : imprisonment of Typhoid Mary.
Contents 1907 : searches for the soul -- 1910 : chlorination of water -- 1910 : Ehrlich's magic bullets -- 1910 : Flexner report and medical education -- 1914 : common cold -- 1914 : fluoridated toothpaste -- 1914 : neurotransmitters -- 1916 : heparin -- 1920 : band-aid bandage -- 1921 : human growth hormone -- 1922 : banishing rickets -- 1922 : commercialization of insulin -- 1922 : truth serum -- 1924 : human electroencephalogram -- 1925 : modern midwifery -- 1926 : liver therapy -- 1927 : sterilization of Carrie Buck -- 1928 : "The rabbit died" -- 1928 : iron lung -- 1928 : pap smear test -- 1928 : penicillin -- 1929 : IUD -- 1929 : maggot therapy -- 1929 : medical self-experimentation -- 1933 : Jung's analytical psychology -- 1935 : Stanley's crystal invaders -- 1935 : sulfa drugs -- 1937 : antihistamines -- 1937 : cause of yellow fever -- 1938 : electroconvulsive therapy -- 1943 : "autistic disturbances" -- 1943 : dialysis -- 1944 : Blalock-Taussig shunt -- 1946 : cancer chemotherapy -- 1946 : transorbital lobotomy -- 1947 : informed consent -- 1947 : prosopagnosia -- 1948 : cortisone -- 1948 : nerve growth factor -- 1948 : randomized controlled trials -- 1949 : cause of sickle-cell anemia -- 1949 : mammography -- 1950 : antipsychotics -- 1951 : HeLa cells -- 1951 : tobacco smoking and cancer -- 1952 : amniocentesis -- 1952 : artificial heart valves -- 1953 : DNA structure -- 1953 : heart-lung machine -- 1954 : endoscope -- 1954 : kidney transplant -- 1955 : birth-control pill -- 1955 : placebo effect -- 1955 : polio vaccine -- 1956 : autoimmune diseases.
Contents 1956 : bone marrow transplant -- 1956 : cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- 1957 : Levodopa for Parkinson's disease -- 1957 : fetal monitoring -- 1957 : medical ultrasound -- 1958 : artificial pacemaker for heart -- 1958 : hip replacement -- 1958 : pineal body -- 1959 : nanomedicine -- 1959 : radioimmunoassay -- 1959 : structure of antibodies -- 1960 : laser -- 1961 : self-surgery -- 1961 : thymus -- 1962 : cryonics -- 1962 : mitochondrial diseases -- 1962 : thalidomide disaster -- 1963 : cognitive behavioral therapy -- 1963 : liver transplant -- 1963 : lung transplant -- 1964 : angioplasty -- 1964 : beta-blockers -- 1964 : hand transplant -- 1966 : pancreas transplant -- 1967 : CAT scans -- 1967 : heart transplant -- 1967 : hospice -- 1970 : reverse transcriptase and AIDS -- 1972 : cyclosporine -- 1973 : positron emission tomography (PET) -- 1973 : statins -- 1975 : near-death experiences -- 1976 : oncogenes -- 1977 : cochlear implants -- 1977 : magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- 1978 : first test-tube baby -- 1981 : fetal surgery -- 1981 : laparoscopic surgery -- 1982 : prions -- 1983 : epigenetics -- 1983 : polymerase chain reaction -- 1984 : peptic ulcers and bacteria -- 1984 : telomerase.
Contents 1987 : small bowel transplant -- 1990 : gene therapy -- 1991 : do not resuscitate -- 1998 : RNA interference -- 2000 robotic surgery -- 2001 : telesurgery -- 2003 : human genome project -- 2005 : face transplant -- 2006 : growing new organs -- 2008 : human cloning -- Notes and further reading -- Index -- Photo credits.
Abstract Chronologically documents two hundred and fifty medical milestones from 10,000 B.C. to modern times, including the history of separating conjoined twins, the discovery of viruses, and the Human Genome Project.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Acquisitions source Laupus- John Lehman, donor.
LCCN 2011050376
ISBN9781402785856 (hardcover)
ISBN1402785852 (hardcover)
Stock numberSterling Pub Co Inc, Attn: Josh Wood 387 Park Ave S 5th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016-8810 SAN 211-6324

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