A brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. Medical disasters are almost as old as the professio. From hippocrates to gene therapy brief histories by mr paul strathern isbn. This book a brief history of medicine brings us back to a time where illness was caused by furious illtempered gods and to the beginning of scientific medical practice, from hippocrates to gene therapy. A bestselling history of medicine, enriched with a new foreword, concluding essay, and bibliographic essay.
Chinese doctors included shamans and diviners known as wu, priests or chu, practition ers of demonic medicine and a variety of less respected itiner ant practitioners and female healers. From hippocrates to gene therapy brief histories by strathern, mr paul and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It focuses on the discovery and uses of medicines to treat illness through the ages, and the evolving role of the pharmacist. How stephen hawking helped change the way we think about.
Before the collection moved in 1962 to national institutes of health bethesda, md campus, it was housed at these locations. The role of healers was to diagnose disease, predict the outcome of disorders and provide effective treatment. The author puts medical history s facts in a environment of the adequate general knowledge, gives the proper historical background for the medicine, and does not. A brief history of disease, science and medicine by michael t. From famous quacks to curious forms of sexual healing, from blunders with the brain to drugs worse than the diseases they are intended to treat, the book reveals shamefully dangerous. Many years ago, in an earlier and more troubled life, i qualified in, and for a brief period practised, medicine. Ackerknechts a short history of medicine is a concise narrative, long appreciated by students in the history of medicine, medical students, historians, and medical professionals as well as all those seeking to understand the history of medicine. Includes geniuses, such as paracelsus, the father of medical chemistry, and edward jenner, whose vaccination banished smallpox, scientific endeavour, s. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself. I love reading historical fiction that features doctors, so i included a handful of my favorites. The earliest known medical book is the ebers papyrus, which was written about 1500 bc. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Making medicines is a concise, chronological discussion of the history of therapeutics and pharmacy from the egyptians through to the present day. Paul strathern follows the development of medicine through the lives of its greatest practitioners, whose discoveries and errors shaped the course of medical history. Sushruta, from india, introduced the concepts of medical diagnosis and prognosis. Sage books the ultimate social sciences digital library. As this short overview of the practice shows, the search for wellbeing through the ingestion or application of natural products and artificially derived compounds is as old as humanity itself. Although the problems of pathology and the challenges of clinical medicine held, and continue to hold, an. Writing this book has provided me with an opportunity to. They were drunk with wine or beer or sometimes mixed with dough to form a pill. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. A brief history of bad medicine youngson, robert, schott, ian on.
A brief history of medicine in massachusetts, book, 1930. All of our publications are free to view or download. History of medicine, the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 21st century. Albeit very brief, both on the global evolutionary and human history scales, the antibiotics era went through many ups and downs, providing us valuable lessons on many aspects of how the microbial world around us functions.
Egyptian doctors used a huge range of drugs obtained from herbs and. Before discussing legal medicine and forensic science, it would be helpful to have a general definition of terms. A brief history of the worst ways to cure everything 352. Ian schott is an experienced fulltime doctor and has written several books. Humanitys search for wellness aims to answer that question. Early medical traditions include those of babylon, china, egypt and india.
A brief history of medicine 9781845291556 by strathern, paul and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Youngson and ian schott have written the definitive account of medical mishap in modern and notso modern times. The runaway success of a brief history of time taught the publishing industry there could be profit in a book few people really readand. However it does it in an easily comprehensible format, easy to follow it and does not get lost in details. Kennedy starts from when the caveman first stubbed his toe, chronicling the history and medicine that went along with it. Forensic science is a broader term than legal medicine. It describes the origin of science and medicine in ancient civilizations, including china and india. A brief outline of medical history and sects of physicians, from the earliest historic period. Immerse yourself in the history of medicine, a colourful story of skill, serendipity. A brief history of medicine offers an accessible history of the arguments, missteps, and dumb luck that led to the worlds most important medical breakthroughsfrom anatomy, grave robbing, the plague, and germ theory to vaccination, quackery, microorganisms, and penicillin.
Egyptian doctors used a huge range of drugs obtained from herbs and minerals. From quack cures to infamous doctors, the history of. We did a search for other books with a similar title, and found some results for you that may be. The national library of medicine started in 1836 as a small collection of medical books and journals in the office of the united states army surgeon general.
This book on the history of forensic medicine is an approach in this direction. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 9k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. The book surveys the history of humankind from the evolution of archaic human species in the. Most 19thcentury medical history was meant to illuminate scientific or professional issues, to encourage the profession, or sometimes to celebrate the traditions of. Paul strathern with tales of rivalry and skulduggery, unsung heroism and miraculous accidents.
To understand how harari arrives at this conclusion, we might turn to his earlier book. From famous quacks to curious forms of sexual healing, from blunders. The foundations for the scientific study of the body an. The history of legal medicine journal of the american. Packed with photographs, diagrams, and visual analyses this book. To be clear about which books are fiction, i marked. Sorry, the book that you are looking for is not available right now.
Robert youngson is a journalist and author, who has written a number of books on health and medicine. The history of medicine shows how societies have changed in their approach to illness and disease from ancient times to the present. A brief history of nlm national library of medicine. Bradby, h 2009, a very brief history of medicine and society, in medical sociology. Ian schott a history of medicine s infamous blunders and unexpected discoveries includes accounts of typhoid mary, sigmund freuds misuse of cocaine, and drugs that proved more harmful than the diseases they.