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Bad Medicine
Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates
Taschenbuch von David Wootton
Sprache: Englisch

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In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good, and asks just how much harm they still do today.
In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good, and asks just how much harm they still do today.
Über den Autor
David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely in early modern intellectual history, particularly on the history of political thought, and is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction: Bad Medicine/Better Medicine

  • Part I: The Hippocratic Tradition

  • 1: Hippocrates and Galen

  • 2: Ancient Anatomy

  • 3: The Canon

  • 4: The Senses

  • Conclusion to Part I: The Placebo Effect

  • Part II: Revolution Postponed

  • 5: Vesalius and Dissection

  • 6: Harvey and Vivisection

  • 7: The Invisible World

  • Conclusion to Part II: Trust Not the Physician

  • Part III: Modern Medicine

  • 8: Counting

  • 9: Birth of the Clinic

  • 10: The Laboratory

  • 11: John Snow and Colera

  • 12: Puerperal Fever

  • 13: Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery

  • 14: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin

  • Conclusion to Part III: Progress Delayed

  • Part Four: After Contagion

  • 15: Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer

  • 16: Death Deferred

  • Conclusion

  • Epilogue: in response to the critics

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199212798
ISBN-10: 0199212791
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wootton, David
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 197 x 129 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: David Wootton
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,359 kg
Artikel-ID: 102025450
Über den Autor
David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He has published widely in early modern intellectual history, particularly on the history of political thought, and is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction: Bad Medicine/Better Medicine

  • Part I: The Hippocratic Tradition

  • 1: Hippocrates and Galen

  • 2: Ancient Anatomy

  • 3: The Canon

  • 4: The Senses

  • Conclusion to Part I: The Placebo Effect

  • Part II: Revolution Postponed

  • 5: Vesalius and Dissection

  • 6: Harvey and Vivisection

  • 7: The Invisible World

  • Conclusion to Part II: Trust Not the Physician

  • Part III: Modern Medicine

  • 8: Counting

  • 9: Birth of the Clinic

  • 10: The Laboratory

  • 11: John Snow and Colera

  • 12: Puerperal Fever

  • 13: Joseph Lister and Antiseptic Surgery

  • 14: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin

  • Conclusion to Part III: Progress Delayed

  • Part Four: After Contagion

  • 15: Doll, Bradford Hill, and Lung Cancer

  • 16: Death Deferred

  • Conclusion

  • Epilogue: in response to the critics

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199212798
ISBN-10: 0199212791
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wootton, David
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 197 x 129 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: David Wootton
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,359 kg
Artikel-ID: 102025450
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