Medical marvels the 100 greatest advances in medicine
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books
2006.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- From abandonment to the idea of healing
- The Doctor-patient relationship
- The Hippocratic corpus
- The Discovery of microscopic life
- The Medical encounter and the history of the present illness
- Galenic medicine
- "On the fabric of the human body" by Andreas Vesalius
- The Physical examination
- To see for oneself at the autopsy
- "On the motion of the heart" by William Harvey
- Diagnostic x-ray examinations
- "Observations and experiments on the gastric juice and the physiology of digestion" by William Beaumont
- "Nervism" and the integration of the organ systems
- "Chemical messengers" and the discovery of hormones
- The Germ theory of disease
- Smallpox vaccination
- Aspirin
- The Initiation of insulin therapy
- Florence Nightingale and modern nursing
- The Development of sewage systems
- Public works and health
- Paul Ehrlich's "Magic Bullets"
- Eradication of smallpox by the World Health Organization
- Gregor Mendel's discovery of genetics
- Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA in pus
- Oswald Theodore Avery uncovers the function of DNA
- The Structure of DNA is elucidated by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin
- The Genetic Code
- Tropical Medicine
- Microscopes
- The Fool of pest
- Contraception
- George Seldes leads the fight to deal with tobacco-related illness
- Penicillin
- The Development of surgical anesthesia
- Blood transfusion
- Modern surgical techniques
- The Control of Polio
- Cardiac catheterization and related techniques
- Cholesterol and the metabolic basis of cardiovascular disease
- Lab rats tango in the Bronx - The Development of radioimmunoassay
- The Discovery of viruses
- Retroviruses and oncogenes
- Koch's postulates
- Victory at C and the concept of vitamins
- Carbolic acid wound dressing
- Dentistry
- The Relaxing factor that led to viagra
- Advanced imaging techniques
- Immunological tolerance and rejection
- Solid organ transplantation
- Kidney transplantation
- Liver transplantation - Heart transplantation
- Bone marrow transplantation
- Ancient and early surgery
- The Development of medical subspecialties
- The Development of surgical subspecialties
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Birthing care
- Hospitals
- Coronary care and other intensive care units
- Streptomycin and control of tuberculosis
- Digitalis
- The Pneumococcus from hell and understanding antibiotic resistance
- The Development of antiviral drugs and cures for childhood leukemia
- Chemotherapy for malignant disease
- Therapeutic radiation
- Rita Levi-Montalcini discovers nerve growth factor
- Hemodialysis
- Restoration of vision with cataract and retinal surgery
- Understanding retroviruses and the treatment of AIDS
- The Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- The Human genome project
- Gene therapy
- The Electrocardiogram
- Mitochondrial function and disease
- Freud and the realization of the unconscious mind
- Group and family therapy
- Twelve-step programs and the treatment of addictive behavior
- Methadone maintenance treatment
- Treatment of schizophrenia
- Treatment of depression
- "Introduction to the study of experimental medicine" by Claude Bernard, and the protection of experimental subjects
- Tissue culture
- - Understanding alcohol and health
- Preprofessional healthcare and the development of fee-for-service
- Socialized medicine
- Single-payer systems
- The Fight to open medicine to women and minorities
- Health maintenance organizations
- Preventive medicine
- Refuse disposal
- Recalled to life by physical and occupational therapy
- The Molecular biology of learning and memory
- Neonatology and gerontology
- In vitro fertilization and bastocyst selection
- Stem cells and regenerative medicine
- Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trials
- Patient-advocacy.
