Science and Technology in Medicine
Subtitle: An Illustrated Account Based on Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications from Five Centuries
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9780387278742
Subjects: History of medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Essays; History; Medical / General; General; Medical technology; Medicine; Science
First sentence: THE PRACTICE of medicine was considered both an art and a science at least as far back as Hippocrates.
Description: "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.