Title: Science and technology in medicine : an illustrated account based on ninety-nine landmark publications from five centuries /
Authors: Gedeon, Andras.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2006
Subjects: History of Medicine; Biomedical Technology history; Science history; Medical innovations History.; Medical technology History.; Medicine History; Science History; History, Modern 1601-; Science History Pictorial Works.; Biomedical Technology History Pictorial Works.; History of Medicine Pictorial Works.; History, Modern 1601- Pictorial Works.; Médecine Innovations Histoire.; Technologie médicale Histoire.; Sciences Histoire.; Médecine Histoire.; Medical technology; Medicine; Science; Geneeskunde.; Natuurwetenschappen.; Techniek.; Wetenschappelijke publicaties.; Medizintechnik.; Medizintechnik.
Abstract: "Science and Technology in Medicine offers a window into the past that illustrates ninety-nine significant scientific and technologic discoveries over the last five centuries and how they have impacted the advancement and practice of modern medicine. Each essay includes excerpts from, and a summary of, the original publication; a short biography of the author(s); and a discussion about the significance of the discovery and its subsequent developments. Original material from the likes of Durer, Bernoulli, Doppler, Pasteur, Trendelenburg, Curie and Roentgen offers readers a rare glimpse at publications housed in archives around the world, reproduced and illustrated in one volume."--Jacket.
Contents: Ninety-nine landmark publications -- Timeline and topics at a glance -- The Network of interrelationships.