Pioneers of Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis
Pioneers of Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis

Author: Thomas M. Daniel

Publisher: University Rochester Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781580460675

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Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis tells the stories of six individuals [Laennec, Koch, Biggs, von Pirquet, Frost, and Waksman], each of whom made significant contributions to their own respective medicalfields, as well as to the overall battle to conquer tuberculosis.

A Short History of Medicine
A Short History of Medicine

Author: F. Gonzalez-Crussi

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0679643435

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Presents a brief yet authoritative 500-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this work mainly explores Western medicine, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine's roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and Eastern medical traditions. Covered in detail are the birth of anatomy and the practice of dissections; the transformation of surgery from a gruesome art to a sophisticated medical specialty; a short history of infectious diseases; the evolution of the diagnostic process; advances in obstetrics and anesthesia; and modern psychiatric therapies and the challenges facing organized medicine today. González-Crussi's approach to these and other topics stems from his professed belief that the history of medicine isn't just a continuum of scientific achievement but is deeply influenced by the personalities of the men and women who made or implemented these breakthroughs.--From publisher description.